🖐️ Osler Nodes: A Clue to Endocarditis

🔴 Painful, red-purple nodules on the pads of the fingers or toes are a classic finding associated with infective endocarditis.

🔗 Link in bio: wikism.org/Osler_Nodes

#Endocarditis #PhysicalExam #MedicalEducation #EmergencyMedicine #ClinicalMedicine

A fatal case of #Aspergillus #endocarditis in a pediatric patient with STING-associated vasculopathy. New report from Ambre Dethier, Bénédicte Neven @upcite.bsky.social et al.:
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#InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics #InbornErrorsOfImmunity #Autoinflammation #SAVI

Dethier et al. describe a young girl with #SAVI on prolonged JAK inhibitors who developed fatal #Aspergillus #endocarditis. This report illustrates the major therapeutic challenges in #STING1 gain-of-function disorders due to their intrinsic immunological abnormalities. rupress.org/jhi/article/...

#ISSSI2026 Day 2: great session on #Staphyloccocal #epidemiology and #infectioncontrol with fantastic talk by Vance Fowler focused on #endocarditis

📣 New #Communicable drops Mon 03 Sep!

Emily McDonald & Josh Davis are joined by Henning Bundgaard & Sami El-Dalati to revisit the POET trial and discuss the ‘prose’ and cons of early oral switch for #endocarditis as well as challenges of implementing new evidence against long-standing dogma.