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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Systemic Lupus (SLE ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... Pericarditis, Endocarditis ... , Aortic valve lesions ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... verrucous) • Lung ... • Autoimmune (SLE ... Diagnosis? ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
Tricuspid Valve ... Endocarditis on ... POCUS Echocardiogram ... frequently have lung ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
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Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... See charts - ... #diagnosis #differential ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Tricuspid regurgitation is present on this subxiphoid view of a patient diagnosed with endocarditis. If you
view of a patient diagnosed ... with endocarditis ... carefully, you can see ... #Tricuspid #Valve ... echocardiogram #ultrasound #POCUS
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Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... ), Malignancy, SLE ... 13%), Pneumonia, Endocarditis ... Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Cytopenias • Cardiac valve ... and leukemia • Lung ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve ... POCUS This is ... floating you can see ... embolize to the lungs ... POCUS #Clinical
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Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... • Prosthetic valve ... , verrucous) - Lung ... • Autoimmune (SLE ... #infectiousdiseases