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Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... culture negative ... #culture #negative ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
invade URT & via hematologic ... CNS and hematologic ... disseminates in blood ... fetal blood vessel ... peds #pediatrics #pathophysiology
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Duration Gram Negative ... - Follow-up blood ... therapy (if repeated blood ... Bacteremia #Treatment #Management ... #Duration #infectiousdiseases
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative ... Blood Cultures ... therapy - Number one cause ... of culture negative ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... causes differentiated ... Pauci-immune mediated (Negative ... diagnosis #algorithm #rheumatology
Hydroxychloroquine Serum Measurement in SLE
 • Terminal elimination half-life = 40 days ([HCQI reflects long-term intake)
intake) • Target blood ... Insufficient blood ... • Special cases ... Measurement #SLE #rheumatology ... levels #lupus #management
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #causes #cardiology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... after 3 separate blood ... cultures remain negative ... but important causes ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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type ± C3d • Blood ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... spread of the Gram-negative ... : • 2 sets of blood ... gonorrhea #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases