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Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis ... Patient with active ... presents with fever ... frequently have lung ... emboli (see CT cor
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • Fever • ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... disease • Check CXR
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... • Cellulitis: Fever ... 13%), Pneumonia, Endocarditis ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • Fever • ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... disease • Check CXR
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
lines, osteo, endocarditis ... ocular), Tissue activity ... (daptomycin in lungs ... • Secondary to Treatment ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... infection • Cough, fever ... • Isolated fever ... arthritis, and endocarditis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... to: Arthritis, Fever ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... night sweats, fever ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... #infectiousdiseases
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• Dyspnea • Fever ... • PET scan - activity ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... cycles without XR ... classification #hematology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
deposit and can activate ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... ≥2 attacks • Long-term ... acute neck pain, fever ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology