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SPICE (SPACE) Organisms
 - Colloquial acronym for gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known
gram-negative bacteria ... to beta-lactam antibiotics ... Pseudomonas #Diagnosis ... #Microbiology # ... SPICE #SPACE #Bacteria
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms

Gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known as AmpC - Resistance may
Gram-negative bacteria ... Pseudomonas #Diagnosis ... #Microbiology # ... SPICE #SPACE #Bacteria ... #Resistance #Antibiotics
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... for TPN) and antibiotic ... Sources #Causes #Bacteria ... #Differential #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis #Pathogens
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Did they receive antibiotics ... have a fastidious bacteria ... this be a non-bacterial ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
negative infective endocarditis ... Although HACEK organisms ... under BCNIE, these bacteria ... #differential #diagnosis ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
cause infective endocarditis ... caused by HACEK bacteria ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #HACEK #Organisms ... #Endocarditis
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
mechanisms of these bacteria ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance #microbiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #antibiotics #EmpiricGame
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
start empiric antibiotics ... Antibiotic Management ... metastatic infection (endocarditis ... multidrug resistant organisms ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Streptocccus Pneumoniae Microbiology ... cause of: CAP, Bacterial ... peritonitis, and endocarditis ... Diagnosis: • Physical ... #diagnosis #management
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis ... Although HACEK organisms ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... Negative #Infective #Endocarditis ... #diagnosis #differential