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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 ... #Ddx #Diagnosis
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
vs True Infection ... culture sets are positive ... species from the micro ... Contamination #Diagnosis ... #BCx #Laboratory
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
: + bcxs that do ... evidence of active infection ... @swinndong via Febrile ... febrilepodcast] #Duke ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis