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Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
or intracardiac abscess ... or intracardiac abscess ... involvement - Echocardiogram ... Predisposition • Fever ... febrilepodcast] #Duke
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
night sweats, fever ... ischemic insult due ... Suspicion -> TEE • Duke ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... #diagnosis #management
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... candidemia felt to be due ... within one week to assess ... clinical concern for endocarditis ... Consider: Spine, CNS, liver
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... night sweats, fever ... Suspicion → TEE • Duke ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Presentation: Fever ... (elevations of liver ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
and Management ... spots) Diagnosis: Duke ... w/ vegetation/abscess ... predisposition/lVDU, Fever ... Diagnosis #Summary #duke
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... infection • Cough, fever ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... • Isolated fever ... arthritis, and endocarditis