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Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
Histoplasma) - Culture ... streptococci - Culture ... negative #Infective ... Pathogens #Diagnosis #Differential ... #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
negative infective ... BCNIE #Causes #differential ... #negative #Endocarditis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology #
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
available • Blood culture ... (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
available • Blood culture ... (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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intracellular gram negative ... test • PCR • Culture ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... fastidious gram-negative ... Serology (preferred), Culture ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Blood culture contaminants ... Grouped by gram negative ... ID #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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Transmission • Differential ... Monkeypox #diagnosis #management ... #virus #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology # ... treatment
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... - Differential ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
• Autoimmune disease ... • HACEK • Culture-negative ... epidermidis • Gram-negative ... Enterococcus • Gram-negative ... Noninfective #Causes #Differential