Splinter hemorrhages in infective endocarditis

Splinter hemorrhages, linear reddish-brown lesions, are seen in the nail bed of this patient with bacterial endocarditis due to group B Streptococcus.

Courtesy of Gene Beyt. The Skin and Infection: A Color Atlas and Text, Sanders CV, Nesbitt LT Jr (Eds), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1995.

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