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Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
Responsible for Infective ... Endocarditis ... bacilli - Fungi ... #Infective ... #Differential #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
blood culture negative ... infective endocarditis ... Tropheryma whipplei, Fungi ... #Endocarditis # ... InfectiousDiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
• 15-35% Gram negative ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... Conncomitant catheter infection ... prior abx use, fungal ... Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... Infective Endocarditis ... cultures remain negative ... #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
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Rhinosinusitis, CNS infection ... Endophthalmitis, Endocarditis ... , Disseminated infection ... this morphology Treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... (NTM) • Fungal ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... (NTM) • Fungal ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis