Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei, Fungi (Aspergillus, Candida), Mycoplasma spp, Legionella spp

Although HACEK organisms (Haemophilus spp., Aggregatibacter spp., Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, Kingella spp) and nutritionally variant Strep spp (Granulicatella, Abiotrophia) were classically listed under BCNIE, these bacteria should grow and be identified with modern culture methods!!!

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]

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