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Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
for Infective Endocarditis ... Definite IE - Pathologic ... Criteria: • Pathologic ... demonstrating active endocarditis ... criteria #Infective #Endocarditis
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood ... Culture and Microscopy ... defectiva #clinical #microscopy ... #microbiology # ... culture
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... infective endocarditis ... #negative #Endocarditis ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Dysmorphic Red Blood Cells on Electron Microscopy
This eyeSCANdy image shows dysmorphic red blood cells from the
Dysmorphic Red Blood ... Cells on Electron ... Microscopy This ... dysmorphic red blood ... SEM #clinical #pathology
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Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
from Infective Endocarditis ... cultures/serology ... Underlying valve pathology ... cultures/serology ... cultures in up
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... : Blood cultures ... 90% of IE cases Culture ... • Blood cultures ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
🔬Tumor cells are ... size lymphoid cells ... Smear #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical ... #Blood
Histoplasma capsulatum on culture

Isolated from the blood culture of an HIV patient with a low CD4
capsulatum on culture ... Isolated from the blood ... culture of an HIV ... #clinical #microscopy ... #pathology #microbiology
Salmonella Aspiration on Microscopy

66 y/o male with history of coronary artery disease presents with abdominal pain.
Aspiration on Microscopy ... CT abd/pelvis shows ... international radiology ... #clinical #pathology ... #microbiology
Coccidioides on culture and microscopy

This was coccidioides sp (in this particular case was posadasii, although morphologically
Coccidioides on culture ... and microscopy ... empty disjunctor cells ... #Coccidioides #culture ... #microbiology #