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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
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
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... bacilliformis: - Gram ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... #management #Bartonella
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
: Gram Positive, ... • Most common cause ... sinus • Sputum culture ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
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
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intracellular gram ... hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... test • PCR • Culture ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
and Management ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... , Gram stain, cell ... staphylococcus, gram ... until cultures
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential Diagnosis ... (8%) - Gm - cocci ... (3%) - Gram + ... Knee #Effusions #causes
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Things To Know Diagnosis ... Microbiology: • ... 45-65% Gram positive ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases