A 30-year-old female presents to her primary care provider with fever,cardiac murmur,and petechial skin lesions.She is diagnosed with infective endocarditis.When the patient wants to know what caused the disease,what is the nurse's best response? The most likely cause of the disease is:

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Infective carditis is due to a bacterial infection.
Infective carditis is due to a bacterial infection,not a viral infection.
Infective carditis is due to a bacterial infection,not a fungus.
Infective carditis is due to a bacterial infection,not an infection caused by a parasite.

A 30-Year-Old Female Presents to Her Primary Care Provider with Fever,cardiac