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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 ... #culture
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 ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Nocardia on Culture and Respiratory Microscopy
 - Gram stain from plate culture: classic beaded, branching GPR
Nocardia on Culture ... Microscopy - Gram ... stain from plate culture ... 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 ... korune) "club" (see gram ... #diphtheriae #Culture ... #Microscopy #clinical ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... food, salad bar Clinical ... 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 ... food, salad bar Clinical ... available • Blood culture ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
Rhodococcus - Microbiology ... Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #pulmonary #Bacteria
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
intracellular gram ... test • PCR • Culture ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Streptocccus Pneumoniae Microbiology ... : Gram Positive, ... sinus • Sputum culture ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... Pneumoniae #strep #microbiology
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary Clinical ... arthrocentesis w/ fluid culture ... , Gram stain, cell ... staphylococcus, gram ... until cultures