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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative ... Did they receive antibiotics ... Decreased yield due to antibiotic ... cause of culture negative ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms
 - Colloquial acronym for gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known
acronym for gram-negative ... to beta-lactam antibiotics ... Pseudomonas #Diagnosis ... AmpC #Resistance #Antibiotics
Causes of Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital
Medications
 • Anticonvulsants
 • Antibiotics
 • Antithyroid
 • Antihypertensive
- Differential Diagnosis ... Anticonvulsants • Antibiotics ... Bacteria • Gram Negative ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture Negative ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Consider prior antibiotics ... as a cause of a negative ... #Differential #Diagnosis
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms

Gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known as AmpC - Resistance may
Organisms Gram-negative ... Pseudomonas #Diagnosis ... AmpC #Resistance #Antibiotics
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Things To Know Diagnosis ... • 15-35% Gram negative ... Others • Culture negative ... • Prophylactic antibiotics ... #peritonitis #Diagnosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
bacilliformis: - Gram negative ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
He received a diagnosis ... received intravenous antibiotic ... cerebrospinal fluid were negative
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential Diagnosis ... in 70%-85% • Negative ... stain: Previous antibiotics ... Monocytogenes or gram negative ... #differential #diagnosis
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
fastidious gram-negative ... Myocarditis & culture-negative ... the key to the diagnosis ... or clindamycin Antibiotic