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Is Endothelial Injury a Key Component of Infective Endocarditis?
Most cases of infective endocarditis, even those caused by staph aureus, you still need endothelial injury. The second step is the formation of a thrombus consisting of platelets interwoven with strands of fibrin. And these thrombi are actually what the bacteria infect if someone develops infective endCarditis.