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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 ... #Bloodcx #bcx #contaminant ... #contaminants
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
to Determine a Contaminant ... Most common contaminants ... BloodCultures #Contaminant
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
are often [skin] contaminants ... deciding what is a contaminant ... positivity suggests a contaminant ... Bacillus, usually a contaminant ... Interpretation #Contaminant
Rotifer - Urine Microscopy Contaminant

Dr. Telma Lemos @TELMALEMOS10

#Rotifer #Microscopy #clinical
Urine Microscopy Contaminant
Fly Maggot on Microscopy (contaminant)

Dr. Telma Lemos @TELMALEMOS10

#Fly #Maggot #Microscopy #clinical #larvae
on Microscopy (contaminant
Epicoccum purpurascens on culture and microscopy
 - dematiaceous (black) with orange pigment
 - environmental mold found
essentially always as a contaminant
Syncephalastrum racemosum on Microscopy
It's often thought to be a contaminant but can be found in clinical
thought to be a contaminant
Enterobiasis on Urine Microscopy (Contaminant)

Enterobiasis is transmitted by transferring eggs from the anus to someone's mouth,
Urine Microscopy (Contaminant
Rhizopus spp. on microscopy
 - rhizoids ("roots") immediately below non-branched sporangiophores
 - most common cause of
environmental contaminant
Phoma spp on Culture and Microscopy

Phoma spp. are a group of soil-dwelling fungi that grow spreading
Usually contaminants