MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'endocarditis'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595519&cid=t_175496_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F05%2Ffever%2F Pathophysiology 1) Rickettsial infection caused by Coxiella burnetii 2) acute and chronic forms exist Signs and Symptoms 1) Severe headache 2) fever/chills/sweats 3) myalgias 4) extreme fatigue 5) dry cough 6) hepatosplenomegaly 7) nausea/vomiting 8) in immunocompetent hosts usually self-limited over 10-14 days 9) chronic form almost always involves endocarditis with a wide variety of other syndromes (see below) Characteristic Test Findings Radiology – 1) chest radiograph shows focal bronchopneumonia 2) CT scan shows “doughnut ring” pattern in liver parenchyma Laboratory – 3) positive rheumatoid factor 4) increased erythrocyte sed rate 5) increased C-reactive protein 6) increased gamma-globulin 7) thrombocytopenia initially followed by reactive thrombocytosis 8) dia... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595519 Tue, 25 May 2010 03:19:57 +0100 3595519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306783&cid=t_175496_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fsystemic-lupus-erythematous-sle%2F Pathophysiology 1) systemic disorder with tissue damage secondary to autoantibodies and immune complex deposition 2) cause is unknown but likely requires an environmental stimulus (example is ultraviolet light) in presence of many susceptibility genes Signs and Symptoms 1) butterfly rash on face 2) short hairs in frontal scalp (”lupus hairs”) 3) “carpet tack” skin lesions 4) pericarditis 5) pericardial effusions 6) pleurisy 7) pleural effusions focal or diffuse proliferative nephritis 9) abdominal pain 10) blindness 11) fatigue (often debilitating) 12) cognitive dysfunction (”lupus cerebritis”) 13) subcutaneous nodules 14) puffiness of hands and feet 15) swan-neck deformities of fingers Characteristic Test Findings Laboratory – 1) anti-ANA antibo... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306783 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:54:46 +0100 3306783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1369703&cid=t_175496_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F269635683%2F Here's a fungal infection you don't hear much about. One of the fungi we work on, a model for mushroom development as it can be fruited in the lab is Coprinopsis cinerea (previously named Coprinus cinereus). C. cinerea is a saprobric coprophillic fungus so it is usually found on dung.  Although rare in human infections there are a few reports in immunocopromised patients.  Below is an abstract describing isolation of C. cinerea from an implanted heart valve from a pig. This definitely not its typical habitat and Coprinus growing in yeast form I'm sure I've really heard of either.  Would be great to see if the clinical strains are still sexually competent and/or are significantly different in other ways (growth rate, resistance to drugs and oxidative stress) from the wild or laborat... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1369703 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:45:47 +0100 1369703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1329003&cid=t_175496_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F26%2Ftwice-as-nice-latest-nice-guidance%2F Antenatal care Diabetes in pregnancy Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditis Maternal and child nutrition Mental wellbeing of children in primary education Sleep apnoea hypopnea syndrome (obstructive) - continuous positive airway pressure Asthma (in adults) - corticosteroids Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery Suburethral sling insertion for stress urinary incontinence in men (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1329003 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:53:16 +0100 1329003