Acute Infective Endocarditis with abscess formation is most common associated with -: (A) Listeria, (B) Staphylococcus, (C) Streptococcus, (D) Enterococcus
Answer is B. Ans. is 'b' i.e., Staphylococcus o Acute Infective Endocarditis with abscess formation is most commonly associated with staphylococcus.# 'The most common organism causing acute infective endocarditis overall is staphylococcus aureus. Staphyloccoccus aureus endocardiitis is particularly virulent and associated with annular and myocardial abscess formation and a higher mortality!'.# Abscesses mav also occur with enterococcus but are more common with enterococcus but are more common with staphylococcus.