SPACE Bugs & How To Treat Them – Carlsibicky Internal Carlsibickywordpresscom DA 25 PA 41 MOZ Rank 66 When the preliminary cultures resulted as growing GNR's, a fear was that the patient was infected with a "SPACE" bug and so Cefepime was initiated SPACE is a pneumonic to remember the bacteria that are have AmpC betalactamase enzymes encoded on their Techniques to identify AmpC βlactamases in SPICE organisms are not yet optimized for the clinical laboratory and are not routinely done Clinicians are often left with an uncertainty on the choice of antibiotic when a SPICE organism is isolated The purpose of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of carbapenem versus noncarbapenem regimens SPICE stands for S Serratia spp I "indolepositive" Proteus spp (this includes P vulgaris) *NOT Pmirabilis C Citrobacter spp E Enterobacter spp *There are other, less known bacteria included in this group (Cronobacter, Edwardsiella, Hafnia, Morganella, Aeromonas) * Organisms like Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter produce AmpC gene
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