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Antibiotics - Spectrum and Coverage Antibiogram

#Antibiogram #Antibiotics #Classes #Bacterial #Spectrum #Coverage #Susceptibility #Susceptibilities #InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
Antibiotics - Spectrum ... #Antibiogram #Antibiotics ... #Classes #Bacterial ... Susceptibilities #InfectiousDiseases
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Did they receive antibiotics ... Decreased yield due to antibiotic ... have a fastidious bacteria ... this be a non-bacterial
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
antimicrobial therapy in bacterial ... IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases
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 ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... Sources #Causes #Bacteria
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
cause infective endocarditis ... less than 3% of endocarditis ... caused by HACEK bacteria ... More commonly endocarditis ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Antibiogram - Antibiotic Resistance Table for Severe Multidrug Resistant Bacteria

ESBL Enterobacteriaceae
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
MDR Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter

Adapted from
Antibiogram - Antibiotic ... Multidrug Resistant Bacteria ... Ryan Shields via Antibiotic ... #Antibiogram #Antibiotic ... #Resistance #InfectiousDiseases
Infective Endocarditis - Indications for Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic

Fungal endocarditis
Heart failure (valve dysfunction)
Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis
Abscess, annular
Infective Endocarditis ... Mnemonic Fungal endocarditis ... / pSeudomonas endocarditis ... cardiothoracic #cardiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
for Infective Endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Bacteria #Pathogens ... #Differential #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
negative infective endocarditis ... under BCNIE, these bacteria ... culture #negative #Endocarditis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
tuberculosis, foodborne bacterial ... infection, infective endocarditis ... Rickettsioses, bacterial ... • Diarrhea - Bacterial ... mononucleosis, infective endocarditis