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Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
 -
Risk of Various Predisoosing ... for Infective Endocarditis ... Previous infective endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Differential #Predisposing
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... CRITERIA - Predisposing ... criteria #Endocarditis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
from Infective Endocarditis ... Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis ... (NBTE): • Predisposing ... : • Predisposing ... #NonInfective #Endocarditis
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
age and specific predisposing
Endocarditis - Organisms
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #Endocarditis #HACEK #Typical #Organisms
Endocarditis - Organisms ... InfectiousDiseases #Endocarditis
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
cause infective endocarditis ... less than 3% of endocarditis ... More commonly endocarditis ... HACEK #Organisms #Endocarditis
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis ... Non-infective endocarditis ... NBTE), Aseptic endocarditis ... , Marantic endocarditis
Infective Endocarditis - Indications for Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic

Fungal endocarditis
Heart failure (valve dysfunction)
Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis
Abscess, annular
Infective Endocarditis ... Mnemonic Fungal endocarditis ... Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis ... / pSeudomonas endocarditis ... Mnemonic #Infective #Endocarditis
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis - No bueno!

- Dr. Said Alsidawi @AlsidawiMD

#Prosthetic #MitralValve #Endocarditis #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis