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Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
defectiva on Blood Culture ... Chocolate Agar - Gram ... pos cocci in chains ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology ... #culture
Gram Stain - Bacteria Identification Algorithm
Gram Positive:
 • Rods: Oxidase+, Oxidase-, Fastidious, Anaerobic, Curved
 • Cocci:
Gram Stain - Bacteria ... Anaerobic, Curved • Cocci ... Catalase- • Cocci ... Identification #Algorithm #microbiology ... #diagnosis
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... : • Stool culture ... (Invasive disease ... #management #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 ... : • Stool culture ... (Invasive disease ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
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 ... ID #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis
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 ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Aerobic fastidious gram-negative ... Serology (preferred), Culture ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
intracellular gram ... hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... test • PCR • Culture ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis ... Diagnosis: • Mildly ... trend response to treatment ... 7 days to grow culture ... #Coccidioides #Diagnosis
Gram Positive Cocci - Bacteria Identification Algorithm
Catalase(+)
 - Coag(+): Staphylococcus aureus
 - Coag(-)
Gram Positive Cocci ... #GramPositive #cocci ... identification #algorithm #microbiology ... #bacteria #diagnosis