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Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... • Native and prosthetic ... • Soft tissue infections ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
vs Noninfective Causes ... disease • Systemic infection ... Culture-negative Prosthetic ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... #Noninfective #Causes
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Management of Prosthetic ... Joint Infection ... (PJI) Duration ... sx of relapsed infection ... #Infection #treatment
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Endocarditis, Acute Prosthetic ... - Leaflet: • Infection ... Degeneration, Prosthetic ... Inflammatory: Infectious
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious ... Aspergillosis #Treatment
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Leukemia, Tumour) Ineffective ... Vasculitis • Infection ... Prosthetic Heart ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... other site of infection ... Mycobacterium chelonae - Infection ... It can also cause
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Causes of Leukocytosis ... Lymphocytosis: Infection ... Neutrophilia: Reactive (Infection ... • Monocytosis: Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... play a role in treatment ... pericarditis (select cases ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... #management #treatment
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications
 - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
Complications - Infection ... Tract Scarring - Infection ... the bladder -> Infection ... to prostate via prostatic ... urea which may cause