Your Patient, Who Abuses Intravenous (IV) Drugs, Has a Sudden

Multiple Choice

Your patient, who abuses intravenous (IV) drugs, has a sudden onset of fever and symptoms of congestive heart failure. Inspection of the skin reveals nontender erythematic lesions to the palms. These findings are consistent with the development of:

A) rheumatic fever.
B) cor pulmonale.
C) pericarditis.
D) endocarditis.