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Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... organisms - ECHO: vegetation ... 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 ... (NBTE): • Predisposing ... false-negative results: vegetation ... already embolised, Vegetations ... : • Predisposing
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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Risk of Various Predisoosing ... for Infective Endocarditis ... Previous infective endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Differential #Predisposing
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 ... valve leaflet • Vegetations ... inflammation at vegetation ... non-infective vegetation
Mitral Valve Vegetation Echocardiogram
Juicy vegetation on a mitral valve.

31% S. Aureus (IVDUs, IV lines)
17% Strep viridans
11%
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... Echocardiogram Juicy vegetation ... MedCrisis #Mitral #Vegetation ... #Endocarditis #
HIV patient with sepsis - Infective endocarditis and vegetation

- Jaime Alejandro Sánchez Gutiérrez
@J_AlejandroMD

#Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram #A4C
sepsis - Infective endocarditis ... and vegetation ... A4C #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Vegetations
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
and Mitral Valve Vegetations ... in Endocarditis ... you see large vegetations ... Mitral #Valve #Vegetations ... #Endocarditis #
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... aortic or mitral vegetations ... Ivan_Echocardio #Vegetations ... #endocarditis #
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... aortic or mitral vegetations ... Ivan_Echocardio #Vegetations ... #endocarditis #
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... suspect right-sided endocarditis ... Myocardial abscess • Vegetation ... cultures • Large vegetation ... repeat echo (to r/o vegetation