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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Blood cultures are positive ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Treatment • Invasive pulmonary ... Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious ... Aspergillosis #Treatment #management
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary disease in HIV-infected patients

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase

#ID  #Infectious
appearances of pulmonary ... IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Differential # ... AIDS #Pneumonia #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes and Mimics - Differential ... Disease - Double Positive ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary ... Syndromes #Mimics #Differential
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
Spectrum: gram positive ... standard for MRSA infections ... Used for: all sorts ... infections from ... infections in patients
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... ): • Chronic Infections ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
diagnosis: Scalp infections ... mycobacterial infection ... genitourinary tract, pulmonary ... upper respiratory infection ... mycobacterial infection
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
negative vs gram positive ... febrilepodcast] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... Microbiology #Micro #Differential
Pulmonary symptoms in HIV-infected patient by CD4 count

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious
Pulmonary symptoms ... IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Differential #
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... other site of infection ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential