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Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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Risk of Various Predisoosing ... Conditions for Infective ... - Previous infective ... Cardiology #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Predisposing
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
primary adrenal infection ... • Virus: HIV (Predisposing ... Insufficiency #AI #differential
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... malignancy #Infective ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... Endocarditis (NBTE): • Predisposing ... infarcts Features of Infective ... Endocarditis: • Predisposing ... Endocarditis #comparison #infective
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
age and specific predisposing
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Coxiella burnetii infection ... CRITERIA - Predisposing
Upper Urinary Tract infection (UUTI): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Predisposing Factors:
 - Immunocompromised, Diabetes,
 - Elderly, Female
Urinary Tract infection ... Clinical Findings Predisposing ... Urinary Tract Infection
Differential Diagnosis of Fever and Splenomegaly
 - Typhoid
 - Infective endocarditis
 - Miliary tuberculosis
 - Hodgkin
Differential Diagnosis ... - Typhoid - Infective ... #Splenomegaly #Differential
Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
Anti-infective stewardship ... for using anti-infectives ... IV to PO anti-infectives
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... Leukemia, Tumour) Ineffective ... Vasculitis • Infection ... Thrombocytopenia #Differential