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Sputum culture from a patient with Strongyloides hyperinfection.  The larvae burrow through the agar tracking
Sputum culture from ... burrow through the agar ... clinical #sputum #culture ... #agar #microbiology
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
defectiva on Blood Culture ... growing on Chocolate Agar ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology ... #culture
Tinea Capitis in a Newborn- A 3-week-old male newborn was brought to the pediatrician with three
Tinea Capitis in a Newborn ... -week-old male newborn ... scrapings and a swab cultured ... Sabouraud’s dextrose agar ... after 1 week of treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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test • PCR • Culture ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Streptocccus Pneumoniae Microbiology ... sinus • Sputum culture ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... Pneumoniae #strep #microbiology
Acinetobacter baumanii on culture and microscopy
 - MacConkey agar - Lactose Negative
 - gram negative (often
Acinetobacter baumanii on culture ... microscopy - MacConkey agar ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology ... #culture
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Serology (preferred), Culture ... & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Curvularia on Microscopy and Culture Plate
One of the first (and easiest) dematiaceous molds to identify by
Microscopy and Culture ... black & woolly on agar ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology ... #culture