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Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
 •
Infections • Septic pulmonary ... embolism (0.9% ... (0.9-5.5%) • Infective ... endocarditis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
, infective endocarditis ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... embolism, malaria ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... endocarditis
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis ... tricuspid valve are infective ... regurgitation & septic pulmonary ... emboli. ... multiple septic emboli
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... w/ septic pulmonary ... for metastatic infection ... with multiple embolic ... metastatic foci of infection
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... Endocarditis No ... infarcts Features of Infective ... Endocarditis: ... #comparison #infective
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Infective Endocarditis ... ) • Fat Embolism ... bone) • Air Embolism ... Marfan's Syndrome, Infective ... Endocarditis, Atherosclerosis
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Clinical Features of Infective ... Endocarditis ... Neurological - Cerebral emboli ... Haematuria #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... malignancy #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Endocarditis ... #Endocarditis
Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pearls:
 - Consider non-infectious endocarditis in pts with cancer/SLE and
Infective Endocarditis ... non-infectious endocarditis ... Embolic phenomenon ... @AnnKumfer #Infective ... #Endocarditis #