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culture-negative endocarditis

Etiology: - Bartonella - Coxiella burnetti Laboratory: - urinalysis: - may show hematuria & pyruria of immune-complex glomerulonephritis - rheumatoid factor may be positive Radiology: - transthoracic echocardiogram - transesophageal echocardiogram if holosytolic murmur of mitral regurgitation

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endocarditis

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  1. NEJM Knowledge+ Complex Medical Care