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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 ... #Bloodcx #bcx #contaminant ... #contaminants
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
are often [skin] contaminants ... Remember that clinician ... call from the micro ... reason to go to micro ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
#Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Cryptococcus ... fungi #fungal #clinical
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
Pathogenesis and clinical ... a +ve culture Microbiology ... , viruses, and mycobacterium
Identification flowchart for filariae
Sheathed
 - Red sheath, tail has 2 nuclei connected by a thread -
Identification #filariae #algorithm ... #differential #clinical ... pathology #diagnosis #microbiology
Epicoccum purpurascens on culture and microscopy
 - dematiaceous (black) with orange pigment
 - environmental mold found
mold found in clinical ... essentially always as a contaminant ... purpurascens #culture #clinical ... #microbiology #
Syncephalastrum racemosum on Microscopy
It's often thought to be a contaminant but can be found in clinical
thought to be a contaminant ... can be found in clinical ... Syncephalastrum #racemosum #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare on Microscopy

Sternum biopsy PACKED with Kinyoun positive Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI)

Rich Davis, PhD,
Mycobacterium avium ... Kinyoun positive Mycobacterium ... richdavisphd #Mycobacterium ... intracellulare #MAI #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology
Enterobiasis on Urine Microscopy (Contaminant)

Enterobiasis is transmitted by transferring eggs from the anus to someone's mouth,
Urine Microscopy (Contaminant ... #vermicularis #clinical ... Microscopy #microbiology
Adenovirus in solid organ transplant recipients
- Micro/Epi
- Definitions
- Clinical 
- Treatment

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via
transplant recipients - Micro ... Definitions - Clinical ... Transplant #SOT #Microbiology