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Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
blood culture negative ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #culture #negative ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis ... #differential # ... workup #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture Negative ... Abscess - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... #Abscess #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... NCPE Pathophysiology ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neurologic Anomaly • Pulmonary ... ): • Autopsy negative ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... because false-negative ... sample = 95% • A negative ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #List ... #Differential
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... With associated pulmonary ... Pauci-immune mediated (Negative ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... edema #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #NCPE