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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 ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... Ddx #Diagnosis #Bloodculture
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
to Determine a Contaminant ... • Coagulase-negative ... How many blood culture ... species from the micro ... Jennifer Babik #BloodCultures
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Remember that clinician ... call from the micro ... reason to go to micro ... VarunPhadke2 #BloodCultures ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Capnocytophaga spp on Culture and Blood Smear
Associated w/ dog/human oral flora, can cause bacteremia in immunocompromised
Capnocytophaga spp ... anaerobe; narrow Gram negative ... richdavisphd #Capnocytophaga ... #Smear #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology