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How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
to Determine a Contaminant ... Most common contaminants ... jeikieum) (>88%) • Bacillus ... Contamination #Diagnosis ... #BCx #Laboratory
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Infectious Diarrhea ... - Laboratory Testing ... Clostridium perfringens Bacillus ... #diagnosis #differential ... #Laboratory #Testing
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
are often [skin] contaminants ... clues suggest Bacillus ... , usually a contaminant ... Interpretation #Laboratory ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Acute Infectious Diarrhea ... Noninflammatory Diarrhea ... Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table