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Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
negative vs gram positive ... other as well as never ... @swinndong via Febrile ... febrilepodcast] #ID ... Bloodculture #Bloodcx #bcx
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
uncharacterized fevers ... circumcised Consider BCx ... particularly complex febrile ... seizure) #Diagnosis #Peds ... Classification #Fever
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#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#BCG #Mbovis #TB
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Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
- Persistently positive ... - Single positive ... Predisposition • Fever ... phenomena • Micro: + bcxs ... @swinndong via Febrile
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive ... 1) Number of positive ... Fewer positive cultures ... use Number of positive ... BloodCultures #BCx
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Specificity: - Serum BDG ... in HM • False positives ... should not increase BDG ... post-2010 almost never ... setting of GVHD) ID
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Hippocrates in 5 BC ... Rapid onset of fever ... immunosuppressive meds ... legs #clinical #photo