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Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... aureus, Coagulase-negative ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... • IV antibiotics ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Antipseudomonal/Gram-Negative ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Parenteral Antimicrobial Treatment of Common Microorganisms Causing Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis - IDSA 
Staphylococci, oxacillin susceptible
Staphylococci, oxacillin
Antimicrobial Treatment ... Microorganisms Causing Native ... Parenteral #IV #Antibiotics ... Osteomyelitis #management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Switch to oral antibiotics ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture Negative ... Abscess - Differential ... Consider prior antibiotics ... as a cause of a negative ... #Abscess #Differential
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
Native and ... for TPN) and antibiotic ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... #Failure #Differential
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
blood culture negative ... BCNIE #Causes #differential ... causes #culture #negative ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Owing to the morbidity and need for urgent treatment, STEMI is the default diagnosis is patients
need for urgent treatment ... : #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... STElevation #STSegment #Differential
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Guidelines 1) Antibiotics ... Susceptibilities, Negative ... #candidiasis #treatment