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Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
defectiva on Blood Culture ... Agar - Gram pos cocci ... Abiotrophia #defectiva #clinical ... #microbiology #culture
Coccidioides on culture and microscopy

This was coccidioides sp (in this particular case was posadasii, although morphologically
Coccidioides on culture ... #Coccidioides #culture ... #microscopy #clinical ... #microbiology #cocci
Histoplasma capsulatum on Microscopy
Dimorphic Fungi. Cultures don't look especially unique (see also: other dimorphs Cocci and
Cultures don't look ... other dimorphs Cocci ... Histoplasma #capsulatum #clinical
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Positive Blood Cultures ... follows: Gram(+) cocci ... rods, Gram(–) cocci ... Gram(+) cocci are ... Remember that clinician
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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space) • ElA for Cocci ... Immunodiffusion for Cocci ... immunodiffusion test) • Culture ... 7 days to grow culture ... & Blood & CSF (Cocci
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Blood Culture Collection ... to obtain blood cultures ... drawing blood cultures ... warrant blood cultures ... infections, whose clinical
Cephalosporin Coverage
First-generation cephalosporins: 
 - Gram (+) cocci: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes,
- Gram (+) cocci ... : - Gram (+) cocci ... streptococci - Gram (-) cocci ... cephalosporins: Gram (+) cocci ... streptococci - Gram (-) cocci
Gram Negative Bacteria - Identification Algorithm
- Rods (Bacilli)
- Cocci (Diplococci)
- Coccobacilli
- HACEK Group

By Dr. Colleen S.
Rods (Bacilli) - Cocci ... Microbiology #GNR #Cocci
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
demonstrated by culture ... Definite IE - Clinical ... Positive blood cultures ... positive blood culture ... positive blood culture
Gram Positive Bacteria - Identification Algorithm
Cocci 
  - Catalase +
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Identification Algorithm Cocci ... Microbiology #GPC #Cocci