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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 ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... Bloodculture #Bloodcx #bcx
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
#Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Cryptococcus ... cryptococcosis #fungi ... #fungal #clinical
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
Important Fungal ... and chitin in fungal ... visualization of fungal ... preparation from culture ... #microbiology #microscopy
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
demonstrated by culture ... Positive blood cultures ... positive blood culture ... Immunologic phenomena • Micro ... : + bcxs that do
Fusarium on Culture and Microscopy
Collecting a sample for culture from the eye is never fun, but
Fusarium on Culture ... Collecting a sample for culture ... but a positive fungal ... culture from an ... Microscopy #clinical #microbiology
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Positive Blood Cultures ... call from the micro ... reason to go to micro ... BloodCultures #BCx ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
#Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Cryptococcus ... cryptococcosis #fungi ... #fungal #neoformans
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
#Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Cryptococcus ... cryptococcosis #fungi ... #fungal #diagnostics
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
How many blood culture ... species from the micro ... Contamination #Diagnosis #BCx
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood culture ... Tropheryma whipplei, Fungi ... identified with modern culture ... diagnosis #causes #culture ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology