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SPICE (SPACE) Organisms
 - Colloquial acronym for gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known
genes known as AmpC ... Indole-positive" Proteus ... Bacteria #Organisms #AmpC
Calcium Oxalate Crystals on Urine Microscopy

Dr. Telma Lemos @TELMALEMOS10

#Calcium #Oxalate #CaOx #Crystals #Cystalluria #Urine #Microscopy #clinical
Oxalate Crystals on Urine ... #Cystalluria #Urine ... clinical #nephrology #toxicology
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms

Gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known as AmpC - Resistance may
genes known as AmpC ... Indole-positive" Proteus ... Bacteria #Organisms #AmpC
Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
Causes Abnormal Urine ... Diagnosis Turbid White Urine ... * Green Urine: ... UTI caused by (Proteus ... , Tyrosinuria, Proteus
Metabolic Pathways of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: Adopted from chart originally published in Purple Urine Bag
Pathways of Purple Urine ... published in Purple Urine ... commonly grown in the urine ... Escherichia coli, Proteus ... #PUBS #Purple #Urine
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
What the Color of Urine ... Differential Diagnosis by Urine ... Purple (Purple Urine ... Proteus) - BWH ... BrighamChiefs #Urine
Alkalinization shifts equilibrium toward the plasma and urine and away from the tissues.

#Management #Toxicology #Salicylate #Aspirin
the plasma and urine ... #Management #Toxicology
Urine Microscopy Crystals
Uric Acid crystals:
 - Formation promoted by acidic urine
 - Seen in tumor lysis
Urine Microscopy ... promoted by acidic urine ... promoted by alkaline urine ... Proteus, Klebsiella ... independent of urine
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion
Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Methanol - Ethylene glycol - Isopropyl Alcohol
 • Metabolic Acidosis
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Gap • Serum / Urine ... Ingestion #diagnosis #toxicology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI LOSS - FeMg < 2-2.5% or 24h Urine Mg
2-2.5% or 24h Urine ... 2-2.5% or 24h Urine ... • Cisplatin, Amp