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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 ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... Bloodculture #Bloodcx #bcx
By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #management
febrilepodcast] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Leptospirosis ... #Leptospira #management
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
IDSA Surgical Wound ... Algorithm for the management ... pending results of culture ... #Algorithm #IDSA ... #management #SSIs
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
Contaminant vs True Infection ... • Coagulase-negative ... How many blood culture ... species from the micro ... Contamination #Diagnosis #BCx
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
demonstrated by culture ... positive blood culture ... Immunologic phenomena • Micro ... : + bcxs that do ... evidence of active infection
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
• History of BCG ... because false-negative ... Mycobacterial culture ... Liquid and solid cultures ... Mycobacterial culture
By @LeaGoren @Aliceclehman @thie0149 via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#BCG #Mbovis #TB
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #BCG #Mbovis
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... available • Blood culture ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Positive Blood Cultures ... call from the micro ... Fewer positive cultures ... reason to go to micro ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... available • Blood culture ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology