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Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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-8%), Empyema (rupture ... space) • ElA for Cocci ... immunodiffusion test) • Culture ... 7 days to grow culture ... & Blood & CSF (Cocci
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
Ultrasound of the Week - Achilles tendon rupture, complete

#Clinical #POCUS #Longitudinal #Achilles #Tendon #Ruptured #Complete #Tear
Achilles tendon rupture ... , complete #Clinical ... Achilles #Tendon #Ruptured
Achilles Tendon Rupture - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • The Achilles tendon is 15cm long in
Achilles Tendon Rupture ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... warriors") • Acute rupture ... - Pain over rupture ... swelling over rupture
Papillary Muscle Rupture on POCUS

See the "cracking whip"?  This is what papillary muscle rupture looks
Papillary Muscle Rupture ... papillary muscle rupture ... Papillary #Muscle #Rupture ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Bilateral Biceps Tendon Rupture Injury 

Bilateral bicipital rupture sustained during curling exercise.

#Biceps #Tendon #Rupture #Injury #Bilateral
Biceps Tendon Rupture ... Bilateral bicipital rupture ... Biceps #Tendon #Rupture ... Injury #Bilateral #clinical
Aspergillus terreus on Culture and Microscopy
 - velvety white, later dusky "cinnamon' growth on culture
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Aspergillus terreus on Culture ... cinnamon' growth on culture ... Aspergillus #terreus #clinical ... #culture #Microscopy ... #clinical #microbiology
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Blood Culture Collection ... to obtain blood cultures ... Implementation-of-an-evidence-based-algorithm-reduces-blood-culture-overuse-in-an-adult-emergency-department.php ... drawing blood cultures ... infections, whose clinical
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
Sporothrix schenckii

Slide culture (coverslip embedded into culture media and stained with Lactophenol cotton blue) - better
schenckii Slide culture ... embedded into culture ... Sporothrix #schenckii #clinical ... #culture #microscopy