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Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... for TPN) and antibiotic ... #Endocarditis # ... #Differential #Microbiology
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Treatment: • Antibiotic ... lines, osteo, endocarditis ... (daptomycin in lungs ... Difficile, COVID
COVID-19 Patient Chest CT - Ground Glass Opacities 

COVID19 Infection - CT Chest, POCUS Echocardiogram and
COVID-19 Patient ... Opacities COVID19 ... Infection - CT ... Chest, POCUS Echocardiogram ... and Lung Dr.
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
Primary site of infection ... 9%, up to 20% lung ... diagnosis #management #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
culture negative infective ... endocarditis Bartonella ... culture #negative #Endocarditis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology #
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
COVID-19 Findings ... on Lung ultrasound ... stage and in mild infection ... #Lung #ultrasound ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... verrucous) • Lung ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... • Infectious insult ... • IV Antibiotics
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... • Pharyngeal: Ingestion ... organism into the lungs ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
COVID on Lung POCUS

2 zones looked like this, the rest A-lines. Dx infectious and with Hx
COVID on Lung POCUS ... Dx infectious and ... with Hx covid suspect ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Lung #Ultrasound
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
the majority of infections ... SIow growing, Long ... 13%), Pneumonia, Endocarditis ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases