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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 ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS ... Differential/diagnosis ... See thread for POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... cultures remain negative ... antimicrobials, clinical ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Differential diagnosis ... MitralValve #MV #Cardiology ... #Clinical #POCUS
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Right Atrium - Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
lesion) - MSK Radiology ... peers and may negatively ... (save $$) Differential ... Edema #lesion #clinical ... #mri #clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... range of possible clinical ... have achieved negative ... #diagnosis #differential ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast ... Ivan_Echocardio #Negative ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... aureus, Coagulase-negative ... #Endocarditis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #infectiousdiseases
HRCT findings in Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Peripheral consolidations with upper lobe predominance (photo negative of pulmonary edema).
On
predominance (photo ... negative of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology