A nurse is teaching staff about endocarditis.Which information should the nurse include? Inflammatory cells have difficulty limiting the colonization of microorganisms in infective endocarditis because the:
A) Microorganisms are resistant.
B) Valves are avascular.
C) Microorganisms are sequestered in a fibrin clot.
D) Colonies overwhelm the phagocytes.

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In endocarditis,bacterial colonies are inaccessible to host defenses because they are embedded in the protective fibrin clots.
In endocarditis,bacterial colonies are inaccessible to host defenses because they are embedded in the protective fibrin clots; it is not because the microorganisms are resistant.
In endocarditis,bacterial colonies are inaccessible to host defenses because they are embedded in the protective fibrin clots; it is not because the valves are avascular.
In endocarditis,bacterial colonies are inaccessible to host defenses because they are embedded in the protective fibrin clots; it is not because the colonies overwhelm the phagocytes.

A Nurse Is Teaching Staff About Endocarditis