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Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
Etiology of Splenic Infarction ... PFO, Infective endocarditis ... , Marantic endocarditis ... #spleen #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... #Sources #Causes ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
negative infective endocarditis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... culture #negative #Endocarditis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... muscle: Myocardial infarction ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Causes of Leukocytosis ... and Leukopenia - Differential ... Diagnosis • Eosinophilia ... (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Origin (FUO) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Infectious endocarditis ... #causes
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Origin (FUO) - Differential ... DiagnosisInfection ... tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis ... #Origin #FUO #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm ... vs Noninfective Causes ... disease • Systemic infection ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Primary HIV Infection ... • Endocarditis ... #Orthopedics #Causes