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How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
common for coag-neg ... #Contaminant #Contamination ... #Diagnosis #BCx ... #Laboratory #Interpretation
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Guide to Interpretation ... BloodCultures #BCx ... #Contaminant #Contamination ... #Interpretation ... #Laboratory #Microbiology
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
• Cell wall component ... formulations (eg ... translocation), Contamination ... Fungal #Testing #FalsePositives ... #Laboratory #sensitivity