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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 ... negative vs gram positive ... @swinndong via Febrile ... febrilepodcast] #ID ... #bcx #contaminant
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
to Determine a Contaminant ... Most common contaminants ... ) How many blood ... culture sets are positive ... Contamination #Diagnosis #BCx
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive ... Blood Cultures ... 1) Number of positive ... Fewer positive cultures ... BloodCultures #BCx
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
blood cultures ... - Single positive ... blood culture for ... phenomena • Micro: + bcxs ... @swinndong via Febrile