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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:
vs True Infection ... ) How many blood ... species from the micro ... Contamination #Diagnosis ... #BCx #Laboratory
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Blood Cultures ... call from the micro ... reason to go to micro ... BloodCultures #BCx ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
Duke's Criteria for Infective ... Immunologic phenomena • Micro ... : + bcxs that do ... @swinndong via Febrile ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis