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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
therapy - Number one cause ... Fungal (Histoplasma ... patient a surgical candidate ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Guidelines 1) Antibiotics ... Complications • Ocular ... week to assess ocular ... #candida #candidiasis ... #treatment #fungal
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Algorithm • Temperature ... Antibiotic Management ... metastatic infection (endocarditis ... pathogens (S. aureus, fungal ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Framework Diagnosis ... bacteria: Viral, Fungal ... lines, osteo, endocarditis ... CNS, prostate, ocular
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Diagnosis? ... • IV Antibiotics ... #diagnosis #management
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis ... #management #Bartonella
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Septic emboli cause ... Treatment • IV antibiotics ... Treat underlying cause
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... unintentional weight loss, nausea ... Parvovirus B19 • Candida ... #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
: • Direct fungal ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... arthroconidia; the fungus ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
chondritis • Ocular ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... /EGPA • RA Diagnosis ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management