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Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology # ... CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Prodrome: fever ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... management #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... POCUS lung exam ... Lung POCUS shows ... Lung POCUS invaluable ... NOT definitively diagnose
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Mediterranean Fever ... - Metastatic: Lung ... #Causes #cardiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Tularemia - Diagnosis ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... organism into the lungs ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Microbiologic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... - Differential Diagnosis ... heart failure, Liver ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #radiology #POCUS
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... • Cellulitis: Fever ... Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases