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Infective Endocarditis - Indications for Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic

Fungal endocarditis
Heart failure (valve dysfunction)
Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis
Abscess, annular
Infective Endocarditis ... Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic Fungal ... endocarditis Heart ... / pSeudomonas endocarditis ... cardiothoracic #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
age and specific predisposing ... Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
febrilepodcast] #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... cryptococcosis #fungi ... #fungal #clinical
Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... #Invasive #Fungal ... #Infections #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Infective Endocarditis: Modified Duke Criteria
Clinical Criteria: 
1. Two major criteria 
2. One major and three minor
Infective Endocarditis ... Duke Criteria Clinical ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Endocarditis #
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
for Infective Endocarditis ... Gram-negative bacilli - Fungi ... Gram-negative bacilli - Fungi ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Differential #InfectiousDiseases
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
high index of clinical ... (NBTE): • Predisposing ... Hypercoagulable states • Clinical ... : • Predisposing ... indwelling catheters • Clinical
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
negative infective endocarditis ... Tropheryma whipplei, Fungi ... culture #negative #Endocarditis ... #InfectiousDiseases
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Fungal (Histoplasma ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
• Virus: HIV (Predisposing ... , SARS-COV • Fungi ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases