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Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
Responsible for Infective ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... negative #Infective ... #Differential #InfectiousDiseases
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Management of Prosthetic ... Joint Infection ... (PJI) Duration ... #Prosthetic #Joint ... #Infection #treatment
Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
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Infections • Septic pulmonary ... (0.9-5.5%) • Infective ... 6% - 24%) - Prosthetic ... 1.4-18.8%) - Prosthetic
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
infection in patients ... • Tuberculosis infection ... used to exclude pulmonary ... Extrapulmonary infection ... #InfectiousDiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV • Recent infection ... mycobacterial infection ... NTM) • Fungal infection ... unable to limit infection ... reactivation of a latent infection
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV • Recent infection ... mycobacterial infection ... NTM) • Fungal infection ... unable to limit infection ... reactivation of a latent infection
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... other site of infection ... Mycobacterium chelonae - Infection ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Risk Factors for Septic Arthritis
Contiguous spread

Skin infection, cutaneous ulcers

Direct inoculation

Previous intraarticular injection

Prosthetic joint: early and delayed
spread Skin infection ... intraarticular injection Prosthetic ... cause of sepsis Prosthetic ... arthritis Sexual activity ... Diagnosis #Septic #Infective
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
eliminated the infection ... ‏ #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Subclinical #Active
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... a patient with active ... upper lobes due to infection