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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Generalized: • Chills ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... #diagnosis #management
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... Generalized: Chills ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Septic emboli cause injury ... #Differential #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fever, cough, chills ... Cough, fever, chills ... Inhalation of spores ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... #Management #Infections