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Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Endocarditis (BCNIE ... Etiologies - "True" BCNIE ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... @ID_fellows #BCNIE ... #BloodCulture #
Non-infective endocarditis Characteristics and Pathophysiology

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential
Ddx #Diagnosis #BCNIE ... #CNIE #Endocarditis
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
classically listed under BCNIE ... febrilepodcast] #BCNIE ... #Microbiology #CNIE ... #BCNIE #cardiology
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Ddx #Diagnosis #Bloodculture
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
Jennifer Babik #BloodCultures
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Endocarditis #Negative #BloodCultures
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
#Management #BloodCultures
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
VarunPhadke2 #BloodCultures
A retrospective cohort study of blood culture results and microbiology laboratory charges for pediatric cases of
FalsePositive #Cultures #BloodCultures