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Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Blood culture contaminants ... Ddx #Diagnosis #Bloodculture ... #Bloodcx #bcx #
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
) Has Negative Blood ... Endocarditis #Negative #BloodCultures
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
) How many blood ... Jennifer Babik #BloodCultures
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Blood Culture Collection ... decision to obtain blood ... signs warrant blood ... When feasible, blood ... #Management #BloodCultures
A retrospective cohort study of blood culture results and microbiology laboratory charges for pediatric cases of
cohort study of blood ... FalsePositive #Cultures #BloodCultures
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... after 3 separate blood ... Strategies: • Blood ... ID_fellows #BCNIE #BloodCulture
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive Blood ... VarunPhadke2 #BloodCultures
Black and Bloody Stools - Melena and Hematochezia
Melena - Refers to passage of black, tarry (sticky
Black and Bloody ... Occult blood tests ... least 60 mL of blood ... transit is slow, blood ... Red Blood in the
Hemostasis Physiology

The blood's response to blood vessel injury can be viewed as four interrelated steps. 
Roman
Physiology The blood's ... response to blood
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic: Small Bowel vs Large Bowel
 • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant
Inflammatory: Bloody ... vs Non-Bloody