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Nocardia on Culture and Respiratory Microscopy
 - Gram stain from plate culture: classic beaded, branching GPR
Nocardia on Culture ... Microscopy - Gram ... stain from plate culture ... richdavisphd #Nocardia #Culture
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
defectiva on Blood Culture ... Chocolate Agar - Gram ... #microbiology #culture
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
epidermidis - Gram-negative ... Histoplasma) - Culture ... Enterococci - Gram-negative ... streptococci - Culture
Streptococcus pneumoniae on Culture and Sputum Microscopy
 - alpha hemolysis; "P disk," optichin, sensitive
 - Sputum:
pneumoniae on Culture ... on the ends), Gram ... Streptococcus #pneumoniae #Culture
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Blood culture contaminants ... Grouped by gram ... negative vs gram
Corynebacterium diphtheriae on Culture and Microscopy
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the cause of vaccine-preventable diphtheria.

Matching name to features:
"Coryne" (korune)
diphtheriae on Culture ... korune) "club" (see gram ... #diphtheriae #Culture
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
• Positive Gram ... stain/culture
Acinetobacter baumanii on culture and microscopy
 - MacConkey agar - Lactose Negative
 - gram negative (often
Acinetobacter baumanii on culture ... Lactose Negative - gram ... negative (often gram ... variable on gram ... #microbiology #culture
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Positive Blood Cultures ... the potential Gram ... (+) cocci, Gram( ... positive bottles/cultures ... Fewer positive cultures
Clostridium spiroforme on microscopy
- anaerobic Gram positive "rod" growing in blood culture
- the "C. dificile" of
microscopy - anaerobic Gram ... growing in blood culture ... sequencing, from blood culture ... helical coiling Gram