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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 ... Grouped by gram negative ... febrilepodcast] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology #
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Suspected Systemic Infection ... suspected bacterial infections ... , whose clinical ... urinary tract infection ... concerned for an infection
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... remain negative ... • Infection with ... antimicrobials, clinical ... #BloodCulture #Negative
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... likelihood of negative ... clinical outcomes ... superior indicator of infection ... relative to both
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
disease • Systemic infection ... Native Valve - ... • HACEK • Culture-negative ... epidermidis • Gram-negative ... Enterococcus • Gram-negative
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood culture ... negative infective ... diagnosis #causes #culture ... #negative #Endocarditis ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... because false-negative ... Mycobacterial culture ... Liquid and solid cultures ... Mycobacterial culture
Aspergillus flavus on Culture and Microscopy

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd

#Aspergillus #flavus #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture
Aspergillus flavus on Culture ... Aspergillus #flavus #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology ... #culture
Aspergillus niger on Culture and Microscopy

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd

#Aspergillus #niger #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture
Aspergillus niger on Culture ... Aspergillus #niger #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology ... #culture
Hockey Puck Sign of Moraxella Catarrhalis on Culture

Emory_MedMicro @Emory_MedMicro

#HockeyPuck #Sign #Moraxella #Catarrhalis #Culture #clinical #microbiology #video
Catarrhalis on Culture ... #Catarrhalis #Culture ... #clinical #microbiology