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Major Brain Complications of Endocarditis
Abscess:
 • May be macro or micro and occur at site of
Major Brain Complications ... of Endocarditis ... in the distal arterial ... • Arise from infective ... #neurological #neurology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... high index of clinical ... : Serial negative ... valves • MRI brain ... often seen • MRI brain
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
failure • Altered mental ... Clips 1 and 2 demonstrate ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... endocarditis Local