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Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
Antibiotics Class Overview ... Strep, and nonVRE Enterococcus ... infections from above organisms ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Antibiotics Class Overview ... MRSA, strep, and Enterococcus ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
Streptococcus sp.), Enterococcus ... InfectiousDiseases #HACEK #Organisms
Aminoglycosides  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin -30S inhibitor (all IV)
Spectrum: Extremely efficacious vs.
Antibiotics Class Overview ... gram positive organisms ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Endocarditis - Organisms
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #Endocarditis #HACEK #Typical #Organisms
Endocarditis - Organisms ... HACEK #Typical #Organisms
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
streptococci • Enterococcus ... epidermidis • Enterococcus ... Streptococcus • Enterococcus
Pneumonia - Causative Organisms
 • CAP - Typical, Atypical, Endemic
 • Aspiration
 • Decreased Immunity
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Pneumonia - Causative Organisms ... differential #diagnosis #organisms
DENOVA score to predict endocarditis in patients with Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia
 • Duration of symptoms ≥
patients with Enterococcus ... #endocarditis #Enterococcus
Parenteral Antimicrobial Treatment of Common Microorganisms Causing Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis - IDSA 
Staphylococci, oxacillin susceptible
Staphylococci, oxacillin
oxacillin resistant Enterococcus ... penicillin susceptible Enterococcus
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms
 - Colloquial acronym for gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms ... antibiotics - Organisms ... species - Other organisms ... SPACE #Bacteria #Organisms