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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 ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... #contaminants
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive ... Gram(–) cocci, yeast ... Gram(–) orgs & yeast ... Remember that clinician ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
with mucicarmine positive ... capsule and positive ... #pathology #clinical ... #atlas #fungi #microbiology ... #differential #
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
with mucicarmine positive ... thick mucicarmine positive ... capsule and positive ... fungi #infections #microbiology ... #differential #
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
bronchioles) Microbiology ... Influenza virus Clinical ... in children 2-years-old ... • Continuous positive
Peritonitis - Spontaneous vs Secondary vs Peritoneal Dialysis Associated Peritonitis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
 • Cirrhosis (high SAAG)
• Criteria (at least ... 2): 1) Clinical ... , >50% PMNs 3) Positive ... Peritoneal #diagnosis #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
adults 20 to 40 years ... association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Skin lesions • Positive ... Behcet disease) Differential
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... nodes in upper portion ... age (peak > 50 years ... Noncontiguous spread • Clinical ... involvement Differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... Biopsies remain positive ... at least one to ... taper over 1-3 years
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
gordonae - 99.9% a contaminant ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... diagnosis • Microbiologic ... NTM #Infections #differential