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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 ... ID #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
available • Blood culture ... (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... fastidious gram-negative ... Serology (preferred), Culture ... & GS, PCR Treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
available • Blood culture ... (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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intracellular gram negative ... test • PCR • Culture ... first line of treatment ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... - IDSA Guidelines ... Susceptibilities, Negative ... Cultures • Length ... #candidiasis #treatment
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Streptocccus Pneumoniae Microbiology ... Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative ... sinus • Sputum culture ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Group A Strep Pharyngitis, also known as  Strep Throat. 

In addition to symptomatic presentation, a
If positive, no culture ... recommended by IDSA ... throat swab is negative ... #StrepThroat #Management ... #Treatment
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... arthrocentesis w/ fluid culture ... staphylococcus, gram negative ... until cultures
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
/ Peptic Ulcer Disease ... developed countries Microbiology ... microaerophilic, gram negative ... (IgG) - cannot differentiate ... #Treatment #quadruple