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Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Eikenella corrodens, Kingella ... classically listed under BCNIE ... febrilepodcast] #BCNIE ... #Microbiology #CNIE ... #BCNIE #cardiology
Kingella kingae
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology
Kingella kingae ... #Microbiology #Micro ... Kingellakingae #Kingella
Kingella kingae
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology
Kingella kingae ... #Microbiology #Micro ... Kingellakingae #Kingella
Kingella kingae
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology
Kingella kingae ... #Microbiology #Micro ... Kingellakingae #Kingella
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Endocarditis (BCNIE ... Etiologies - "True" BCNIE ... Eikenella corrodens, Kingella ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... @ID_fellows #BCNIE
Some of the techniques used for Antenatal Diagnosis

Amniocentesis 
 - Chromosome/micro-array and DNA analysis 
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- Chromosome/micro-array ... - Chromosome/micro-array ... Testing #Diagnosis #Laboratory
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
species from the micro ... Diagnosis #BCx #Laboratory
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
call from the micro ... reason to go to micro ... Interpretation #Laboratory
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
The presence of macro-LDH ... differential #diagnosis #Laboratory
COVID-19 Diagnostics In Context
Nucleic acid tests (NATs, for viral RNA)
1. Real time RT-PCR
2. Isothermal amplifcation
3. CRISPR
4.
Micro NMR (µNMR) ... diagnosis #testing #laboratory