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Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
• Myocardial abscess ... phenomena Follow course ... • Adjust antibiotics ... on speciation & sensitivities ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
and finished a course ... of outpatient antibiotics ... Diagnosis: Cavitary ... consistent w/ lung abscess ... #Clinical #Radiology
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Culture Negative Abscess ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Consider prior antibiotics ... as a cause of a ... #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... • IV Antibiotics ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Treatment • IV antibiotics ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases