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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 ... malignancy #Infective
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective ... disease • Systemic infection ... Culture-negative Prosthetic ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... Endocarditis #Algorithm #Infective
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Rupture, Acute Infective ... Endocarditis, Acute Prosthetic ... - Leaflet: • Infection ... : Infective Endocarditis ... Degeneration, Prosthetic
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
Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
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Bacteremia • CNS Infections ... (0.9-5.5%) • Infective ... 6% - 24%) - Prosthetic ... 1.4-18.8%) - Prosthetic
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Rheumatic fever, Infective ... Rheumatic fever, Infective ... Ehlers Danlos) • Prosthetic ... Paravalvular leak, Infective ... muscle: Myocardial infarction
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Leukemia, Tumour) Ineffective ... Vasculitis • Infection ... Prosthetic Heart
Bugs and infections 
#Food-poisoning #Viral-infection #bacterial-infection
Bugs and infections ... Food-poisoning #Viral-infection ... #bacterial-infection
Risk Factors for Septic Arthritis
Contiguous spread

Skin infection, cutaneous ulcers

Direct inoculation

Previous intraarticular injection

Prosthetic joint: early and delayed
spread Skin infection ... Prosthetic joint ... immunodeficiency virus infection ... cause of sepsis Prosthetic ... Diagnosis #Septic #Infective
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications
 - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
Urinary Tract Infections ... Complications - Infection ... Tract Scarring - Infection ... the bladder -> Infection ... to prostate via prostatic