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A 32-year-old man comes to the emergency department with a 6-day history of fever, chills, pleuritic chest pain, and a productive cough with streaks of blood. He reports recent intravenous heroin use using nonsterile needles. He also notes progressive fatigue and mild shortness of breath. On examination, his temperature is 39.2°C (102.6°F), pulse 120/min, and blood pressure 112/68 mm Hg. He appears ill. Multiple needle tracks are seen on both forearms. Cardiac examination reveals a holosystolic murmur best heard at the lower left sternal border that increases with inspiration. Lung examination reveals scattered crackles bilaterally. There is no peripheral edema or splenomegaly. Chest x-ray shows multiple bilateral, round nodular infiltrates with some cavitation. ECG shows sinus tachycardia. Three sets of blood cultures drawn before antibiotics are positive for Staphylococcus aureus. 

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Real-Life cases to ensure you are ready for your MCCQE1 Exam!

Ace Qbank Clinical Edge

REAL-LIFE CASES TO ENSURE YOU ARE READY FOR YOUR MCCQE1 EXAM!

Ace Qbank Clinical Edge

Making the proper diagnosis is one of the most important aspects of any medical student’s or junior doctor’s clinical training and hence we created Clinical Edge Cases.

Ace Qbank Clinical Edge helps our students put their knowledge of symptoms and physical findings to test by applying clinical reasoning and assessment concepts to a series of common clinical vignettes. Problem-based learning is being used to focus on the cause behind the presentation of a simulated clinical case.

Each simulated Clinical Edge case contains a list of common causes of the presented condition, offers abundant references to the presented case, making additional information easy to find

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