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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 ... @swinndong via Febrile ... febrilepodcast] #ID ... #Micro #Differential ... #Bloodcx #bcx #
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
Contaminant vs True Infection ... ) How many blood ... culture sets are positive ... Jennifer Babik #BloodCultures ... Contamination #Diagnosis #BCx
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
invasive fungal infection ... albumin, or other blood ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... GM) - IVIg, blood ... setting of GVHD) ID