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Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
cultures based on the Shapiro ... Guidelines for drawing ... tract infection, endocarditis ... #Management #BloodCultures ... #Protocol #Shapiro
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... (IE) Has Negative ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... • Coagulase-negative ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #Endocarditis ... #diagnosis #management
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
infections • Gram-negative ... anaerobe, SIow growing ... 13%), Pneumonia, Endocarditis ... fusiform gram-negative ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management