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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... non-bacterial pathogen ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
infection - Management Algorithm ... metastatic infection (endocarditis ... • Resistant pathogens ... infection #Management #Algorithm
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
based on isolated pathogen ... Antimicrobial #Pathogens
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... Microbiology #Diagnosis #Pathogens
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
for Infective Endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Bacteria #Pathogens
Pathogenesis of meningitis 

Risk factors for pathogen entry include immunocompromised state (HIV positive, cancer, chemotherapy patients,
Risk factors for pathogen ... bacteremia, viremia, endocarditis ... Following pathogen ... which damages pathogens
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
engulf foreign pathogens ... System: opsonize pathogen
Epidemiologic Clues to Unusual Pathogens in Pneumonia

#Diagnosis #Pneumonia #History #Pathogens #Clues #Infections #Differential #Atypical
Clues to Unusual Pathogens ... Pneumonia #History #Pathogens
Causes of Sore Throat / Rhinorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Common viral pathogens: Rhinovirus, Coronavirus, Influenza virus,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Common viral pathogens ... common bacterial pathogen ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... cardiomyopathy • Endocarditis ... • Rupture • Endocarditis ... • Prolapse • Endocarditis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm