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Differential Diagnosis of Fever and Splenomegaly
 - Typhoid
 - Infective endocarditis
 - Miliary tuberculosis
 - Hodgkin
Differential Diagnosis ... - Infective endocarditis ... #Splenomegaly #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Sources #Causes ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential
Causes of Nail Clubbing - Mnemonic 
Cyanotic Heart Disease, Cystic Fibrosis
Lung Cancer, Lung abscess 
Ulcerative Colitis
Causes of Nail Clubbing ... Mesothelioma Infective Endocarditis ... Nails #Mnemonic #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Epidemiological Clues That May be Helpful in Defining the Etiological Diagnosis of Culture-Negative Endocarditis

#Endocarditis #Bacteria #Differential
Epidemiological Clues ... Culture-Negative Endocarditis ... #Endocarditis ... #Bacteria #Differential ... Microorganisms #Clues
Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
PFO, Infective endocarditis ... , Marantic endocarditis ... Infarction #spleen #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... • Rupture • Endocarditis ... • Prolapse • Endocarditis ... Murmurs #Cardiology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... negative infective endocarditis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... culture #negative #Endocarditis
Differential Diagnosis for Concurrent Brain and Lung Infections
 • Bacteria: Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Differential Diagnosis ... for Concurrent ... phenomena from endocarditis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #causes
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
positive in 90% of IE cases ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Treat underlying cause
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... fever, Infective endocarditis ... fever, Infective endocarditis ... Regurgitation #differential ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes