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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Blood Cultures ... Fungal (Histoplasma/Aspergillus ... patient a surgical candidate ... #BloodCultures ... #Diagnosis #Management
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... antimicrobials, clinical ... whipplei, Fungi (Aspergillus ... , Candida), Mycoplasma ... ID_fellows #BCNIE #BloodCulture
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... AFB smear microscopy ... because false-negative ... Mycobacterial culture ... Mycobacterial culture
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... • Coagulase-negative ... Tropheryma Whipplei • Aspergillus ... Differential Diagnosis ... #management #cardiology