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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
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative ... Blood Cultures ... negative IE - ... #BloodCultures ... #Diagnosis #Management
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
• Coagulase-negative ... How many blood culture ... species from the micro ... Jennifer Babik #BloodCultures
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Consider the relative ... induction of general anesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #CriticalCare # ... Management
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
coagulation and cultures ... within 1 h (seek microbiology ... and send source cultures ... Discuss ongoing management ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
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 ... Pneumoniae #strep #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
intracellular gram negative ... test • PCR • Culture ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Positive Blood Cultures ... call from the micro ... reason to go to micro ... VarunPhadke2 #BloodCultures ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup and Management ... Patients First Tier Microbiologic-Testing ... Bacterial culture ... above testing negative ... Diarrhea #Workup #Management
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Positive effluent culture ... Microbiology: • ... • 15-35% Gram negative ... negative peritonitis ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management