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Staphylococcus lugdunensis - Contamination or Significant Cullture Algorithm

#Staphylococcus #lugdunensis #sLugdunensis #Contamination #culture #algorithm #microbiology
lugdunensis - Contamination ... #sLugdunensis #Contamination
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
#Contaminant #Contamination
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
#Contaminant #Contamination
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Possible tissue contamination ... - Extensive contamination
Blast Injury Categories
 - Primary - Direct effect from blast shockwave 
 - Secondary - Impact
Environmental contamination
Gustilo-Anderson Classification for Open Fractures

Antibiotic regimen for open fractures is determined by the severity of the
, the level of contamination ... tissue damage - Contamination
Aerosolization - HFNC Simulation

Why the HFNC is aerosolizing and droplet enhancing! The simple face mask is
barrier but causes contamination
Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidium Life Cycle
1) Thick-walled oocyst (sporulated) exits host
2) Contamination of water and food with
exits host 2) Contamination
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
tract infection; contamination
Cyclosporiasis - Cyclospora cayetanensis Life Cycle
Oocyst (Unsporulated)
1) Excretion of unsporulated oocysts in the stool
2) Environmental contamination
3)
Environmental contamination