Endocarditis
Description | Basic evaluations: ESR, CRP, full blood count, sodium, potassium, calcium, creatinine, urea, LDH, CK, CK-MB, urine status- and sedimentation Bacteriology: Blood cultures (several at 60 min intervals), pharyngeal swab and others Bacteria serology: ASL, anti-dnase, Q-fever, rare: chlamydia, brucellosis, legionella, syphilis Virus serology: Influenza A, B Fungal serology (rare): Candida-antigen and antibodies, aspergillus and others Drug monitoring: Aminoglycoside-evaluation and others Autoantibodies: ANA, RF, anti-CCP, immune-complexes, cardiac muscle antibodies, ANCA, anticardiolipin-antibodies (Libman-Sacks-endocarditis) |