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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 ... #Microbiology #Micro ... Bloodculture #Bloodcx #bcx
By @LeaGoren @Aliceclehman @thie0149 via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#BCG #Mbovis #TB
@thie0149 via Febrile ... febrilepodcast] #ID ... #Microbiology #Micro ... #BCG #Mbovis #TB
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
culture sets are positive ... species from the micro ... Contamination #Diagnosis #BCx
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive ... call from the micro ... 1) Number of positive ... reason to go to micro ... BloodCultures #BCx
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
- Persistently positive ... - Single positive ... Immunologic phenomena • Micro ... : + bcxs that do ... @swinndong via Febrile
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
circumcised Consider BCx ... particularly complex febrile ... seizure) #Diagnosis #Peds
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Hippocrates in 5 BC ... immunosuppressive meds ... legs #clinical #photo