cardio path staph aureus, right sided endocarditis, IVDU
A 23-year-old woman comes to the hospital due to fever, chills, dyspnea, and cough for the past several days. She also has a sharp right-sided chest pain exacerbated by breathing. Her temperature is 39C (102F), blood pressure is 115/70 mm hg, and puls is 108 min. On examination the patien has several needle track marks on both arms. there is a 3/6 holosystoic murmur heard best at the lower sternal border that increases on inspiration. Chest imaging reveals scattered bilateral peripheral lung opacities. HIV testing is negative. This patient's blood cultures are most liekely to grow which of the following organisms?
A. Candida albicans
B. Eidenella corrodens
C. Klebsiella pneumoniae
D. Nocardia Asteroides
E Peptostraptococcus
F. Staphylococcus Aureus
G. Strptococcus galloyticus (formerly S Bovis)
H. Streptococcus pneumoniae
I. Viridians group streptococcus