Splinter haemorrhages, Osler's nodes, Janeway lesions and Roth spots: the peripheral stigmata of endocarditis

Karishma Sethi, Sethi K, Buckley J, Jim Buckley, de Wolff J, Jacob de Wolff
British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005) · 2013 · vol. 74 Suppl 9 , pp. C139–42 · PMID:24022614
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This paper describes splinter haemorrhages, Osler's nodes, Janeway lesions, and Roth spots as the peripheral stigmata of infective endocarditis.

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Abstract

Infective endocarditis is a serious endo-vascular infection, potentially affecting not only native heart valves, but also intra-vascularly implanted foreign materials such as valvular prostheses and pacemaker electrodes (Westphal et al, 2009).

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Endocarditis Endocarditis, Bacterial Humans Retinal Hemorrhage

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