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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 ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
- Differential Diagnosis ... the total white blood ... which are released during ... Colitis and Crohn’s Disease ... #causes #hematology
Timeline of infections after solid organ transplantation can roughly be broken up into three time periods:
Sara Dong @swinndong ... Diseases #Infections ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis ... Transplant #TxID #SOT #Comparison ... #Microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... Romana Sing (unilateral ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Management #Microbiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... extramedullary disease ... mass • Rapidly rising ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
(AHTR): Occurs during ... • Infection - ... Infection occurs ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
(AHTR): Occurs during ... Infection - Infection ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
albumin, or other blood ... colonization vs invasive disease ... Sara Dong #Fungal ... Galactomannan #diagnosis ... #comparison
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... Romana Sing (unilateral ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Management #Microbiology
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
Diagnosis? ... hyphae invading blood ... Indiana University Infectious ... Diseases Fellowship ... Mucormycosis #Eschar #dermatology