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Microbiology Antibiogram - Antibiotic Sensitivities
Gram Positive Cocci
Gram Negative Bacilli
Gram Negative Coccobacilli
Anaerobes
Atypicals

#Antibiogram #Antibiotic #Sensitivity #Susceptibility #table #pharmacology
Microbiology Antibiogram ... - Antibiotic Sensitivities ... Gram Positive ... Cocci Gram Negative ... #Antibiogram #Antibiotic
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
(+) cocci, Gram( ... rods, Gram(–) cocci ... Gram(+) cocci are ... Remember that clinician ... BloodCultures #BCx
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
contaminants Grouped by gram ... negative vs gram ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... Bloodculture #Bloodcx #bcx
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
Chocolate Agar - Gram ... pos cocci in chains ... Abiotrophia #defectiva #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
bacilliformis: - Gram ... intracellular, Aerobic - Cocci ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... Peripheral smear - Cocci ... Supportive and antibiotics
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) Clinical ... Microbiology: • ... 45-65% Gram positive ... aureus) • 15-35% Gram ... • Prophylactic antibiotics
Paracoccus yeei
 - nonfermenting Gram negative; often mucoid yellow colonies
 - unique donut-shaped morphology on Gram
nonfermenting Gram ... morphology on Gram ... Gram neg coccoi ... Paracoccus #yeei #clinical ... #microbiology #
Acinetobacter baumanii on culture and microscopy
 - MacConkey agar - Lactose Negative
 - gram negative (often
negative (often gram ... variable on gram ... esp. from blood cx ... Acinetobacter #baumanii #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Bacterial Meningitis - Differential ... • Common clinical ... • Negative CSF Gram ... stain: Previous antibiotics ... Monocytogenes or gram
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
aeruginosa Clinical ... • Pretreatment Gram ... Yield of blood CX ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... in adults with clinically