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Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood culture ... , Brucella spp, ... identified with modern culture ... diagnosis #causes #culture ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Blood culture contaminants ... febrilepodcast] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology #
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... separate blood cultures ... • Infection with ... special media) • Infection ... - Standard culture
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... , Atypical infection ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary ... #Infections #HIVAIDS
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
defectiva on Blood Culture ... Streptococcus spp ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology ... #culture
Pulmonary symptoms in HIV-infected patient by CD4 count

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious
Pulmonary symptoms ... IDFellowCase #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... Ddx #Diagnosis #Microbiology
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
of Skin + Eye infections ... Bacterial: Staph spp ... spp, Bartonella ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... viral #fungal #Microbiology
Fusarium on Culture and Microscopy
Collecting a sample for culture from the eye is never fun, but
Fusarium on Culture ... Collecting a sample for culture ... positive fungal culture ... Eye infections are ... Microscopy #clinical #microbiology
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Peripheral blood cultures ... • Additional culture ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... for metastatic infection ... metastatic foci of infection
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... of a negative culture ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Culture