A 29-year-old woman who injects drugs presents with fever, malaise, and a new systolic murmur at the left sternal border. Blood cultures grow methicil...

Question

A 29-year-old woman who injects drugs presents with fever, malaise, and a new systolic murmur at the left sternal border. Blood cultures grow methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Transthoracic echocardiography shows vegetations on the tricuspid valve. What is the most likely complication of this condition?

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Pulmonary emboli from septic embolisation

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Ischaemic stroke from carotid artery disease

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Portal vein thrombosis

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Mesenteric ischaemia

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Ovarian vein thrombosis

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Right-sided infective endocarditis