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Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... • Soft tissue infections ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... #Differential #Microbiology
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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croup • EBV - Infectious ... Primary acute HIV Infection ... #differential #causes ... #bacteria #microbiology
Trichophyton mentagrophytes on Culture and Microscopy
- common cause of animal dermatophyte infections
- macroconidia will narrow on
Microscopy - common cause ... animal dermatophyte infections ... Microscopy #clinical #microbiology
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
involved in >50% of cases ... a +ve culture Microbiology ... : - Bacterial infection ... S.A. can also be caused
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
Infection is initiated ... by infectious larvae ... Infective larvae ... Hyperinfection syndrome is caused ... strongyloidiasis #microbiology
Rhizopus spp. on microscopy
 - rhizoids ("roots") immediately below non-branched sporangiophores
 - most common cause of
- most common cause ... of zyogmyæte infections ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... Factors For NTM Infections ... • Disseminated infections ... : Chronic lung infections ... surgical site infections
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Septic Emboli Cause ... • Infectious insult
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
= most common cause ... Capnocytophaga #Infection ... Diagnosis #Cats #Dogs #Microbiology