Post-mortem findings in Staphylococcus aureus acute infective endocarditis
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a microbial infection of the heart valves or the mural endocardium that leads to the formation of vegetations composed of thrombotic debris welding sweater and microorganisms often associated with the destruction of the cardiac tissues.Most of the infections are bacterial (bacterial endocarditis), although fungi and o