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Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
culture negative ... #differential # ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology # ... CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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Transmission • Differential ... Monkeypox #diagnosis #management ... #virus #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology #
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
, Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... #Pathophysiology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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intracellular gram negative ... Diagnosis: • Classic ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Drug fever #relative ... #bradycardia #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
Multiple masses ... The differential ... is difficult to differentiate ... #Management #Radiology ... Multiple #Massess #Differential
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative ... Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative ... Infections #Timeline #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Native and ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential ... #Microbiology #
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
for enumerating differentials ... strep - Gram-negatives ... Pathogens #Pneumonia #Differential ... #Microbiology # ... Causes #Agents #
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... fastidious gram-negative ... tularensis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology