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Fusarium on Culture and Microscopy
Collecting a sample for culture from the eye is never fun, but
and Microscopy ... & reverse) 2) microscopic ... Eye infections are ... #Microscopy #clinical ... #microbiology
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Blood culture contaminants ... febrilepodcast] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: ... • Stool culture ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... TB AFB smear microscopy ... Mycobacterial culture ... Liquid and solid cultures ... Mycobacterial culture
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: ... • Stool culture ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
: Hantavirus - Rodents ... common route of infection ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... management #treatment #microbiology
Trichophyton mentagrophytes on Culture and Microscopy
- common cause of animal dermatophyte infections
- macroconidia will narrow on
mentagrophytes on Culture ... and Microscopy ... animal dermatophyte infections ... #Microscopy #clinical ... #microbiology
Plate Colony Color Identification Algorithm
 - Pink Colonies
 - Turquoise Blue Colonies
 - Blue-Purple Colonies
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Plate Colony Color Identification ... Colony #Color #Identification ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #microbiology # ... culture #colonies
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
& often a +ve culture ... Microbiology: ... - Bacterial infection ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis