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HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
fastidious Gram-negative ... which can also cause ... infective endocarditis ... is caused by HACEK ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
culture negative ... infective endocarditis ... #culture #negative ... #Endocarditis # ... InfectiousDiseases
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... serology: Serial negative ... Frequent false-negative ... in up to 30% of cases ... #comparison #infective
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... Infective Endocarditis ... but important causes ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
disease states Pathophysiology ... diagnose concomitant infection ... Needle-shaped, negatively ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... #Gout #Comparison
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
vast majority of cases ... Hypomagnesia -> The relative ... Hypophosphatasia -> Defective ... and/or x-ray - CPPD ... Signs #Symptoms #Pathophysiology
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
a blood meal (passes ... result from this infective ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
Larvae reach the infective ... eggs in tissues causes ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
Symptomatic mucosal infection ... infections include rare cases ... of endocarditis ... presumed to be the CVC ... fungemia #management #infectiousdiseases