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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 ... febrilepodcast] #ID ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Bloodcx #bcx #
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
blood cultures ... phenomena • Micro: + bcxs ... @swinndong via Febrile ... febrilepodcast] #Duke ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Osler's Nodes in a patient with infective endocarditis

67yo presents with R occipital intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) attributed
develops fever and ID ... What’s your ddx? ... Blood cultures ( ... confirming our working diagnosis ... endocarditis #clinical #photo