bacterial endocarditis

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. a bacterial infection of the inner lining of the heart, most often of the heart valves, characterized by fever, enlarged spleen, and heart murmur.

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Example Sentences

Infective endocarditis, also called bacterial endocarditis, is an infection caused by bacteria that enter the bloodstream and settle in the heart lining, a heart valve or a blood vessel.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

The allegations stemmed from a series of inspections conducted after an outbreak of bacterial endocarditis among Vecchione’s patients.

From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2020

“If bacteria get under the gums and into the bloodstream, they can impact different organs that can cause conditions like bacterial endocarditis, kidney disease, gastrointestinal disease, diabetes, a lot of things,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2018

In the infection category bacterial endocarditis, streptococcal septicemia, tuberculosis and parasitic infestation have all been proposed.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2010

Diseases now being treated with the drug include: typhoid, food poisoning, undulant fever and rabbit fever; certain infections of the genitourinary tract; some types of blood poisoning, meningitis, pneumonia and bacterial endocarditis.

From Time Magazine Archive