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Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Criteria - Major and ... - New valvular regurgitation ... Coxiella burnetii infection ... drug use - Fever ... #Major #Minor #Diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... hours • Viral and ... : High spike and ... #Patterns #Differential ... #Diagnosis #intermittent
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
- Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... , Rheumatic Fever ... Aortic Aneurysms and ... #Differential #
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... Leaflet: Rheumatic fever ... , Infective endocarditis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
of Leukocytosis and ... Leukopenia - Differential ... Diagnosis • Eosinophilia ... (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia ... #hematology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... Microbiology: Blood ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... • Blood cultures
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Origin (FUO) - Differential ... DiagnosisInfection ... tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... #Diagnosis #causes
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... infective endocarditis ... Returning #Traveler #differential ... #diagnosis #tropical
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
for metastatic infection ... consultation • Valve regurgitation ... • Persistent fever ... metastatic foci of infection ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious ... lines, osteo, endocarditis ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever ... thrombophlebitis), HAP, Blood