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Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
requires special media ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... ribosomal RNA PCR ... - PCR for ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Involves large and medium ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... deteriorating on medical ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Medical history ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
fatigue, altered mental ... with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
and Management ... pyogenic process • PCR ... commercially • Serology ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
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Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... Antigen testing, Serology ... , PCR Treatment ... echinocandins (e.g ... #management #treatment
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
-40% of cases, median ... Refractory FUO, Sino-pulmonary ... cases; triazole (e.g ... Fusarium #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management