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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 ... Grouped by gram ... negative vs gram ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #contaminants
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
and Microscopy ... Chocolate Agar - Gram ... pos cocci in chains ... #microbiology # ... culture
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Positive Blood Cultures ... (+) cocci, Gram( ... rods, Gram(–) cocci ... Gram(+) cocci are ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Nocardia on Culture and Respiratory Microscopy
 - Gram stain from plate culture: classic beaded, branching GPR
Nocardia on Culture ... and Respiratory Microscopy ... - Gram stain from ... #Sputum #Microscopy ... #clinical #microbiology
Corynebacterium diphtheriae on Culture and Microscopy
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the cause of vaccine-preventable diphtheria.

Matching name to features:
"Coryne" (korune)
diphtheriae on Culture ... and Microscopy ... korune) "club" (see gram ... #diphtheriae #Culture ... #microbiology
Coccidioides on culture and microscopy

This was coccidioides sp (in this particular case was posadasii, although morphologically
Coccidioides on culture ... and microscopy ... #Coccidioides #culture ... #microbiology # ... cocci
Epicoccum purpurascens on culture and microscopy
 - dematiaceous (black) with orange pigment
 - environmental mold found
purpurascens on culture ... and microscopy ... essentially always as a contaminant ... #clinical #microbiology ... #microscopy
Acinetobacter baumanii on culture and microscopy
 - MacConkey agar - Lactose Negative
 - gram negative (often
Acinetobacter baumanii on culture ... and microscopy ... baumanii #clinical #microscopy ... #microbiology # ... culture
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology