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Gram Stain - Bacteria Identification Algorithm
Gram Positive:
 • Rods: Oxidase+, Oxidase-, Fastidious, Anaerobic, Curved
 • Cocci:
Identification Algorithm ... Gram Positive: ... Rods: Branching, Spores ... Catalase- • Cocci ... #microbiology #
Gram Positive Bacteria - Identification Algorithm
Cocci 
  - Catalase +
     -
Gram Positive Bacteria ... Identification Algorithm ... Cocci - Catalase ... #Microbiology # ... GPC #Cocci #Bacilli
Gram Positive Cocci - Bacteria Identification Algorithm
Catalase(+)
 - Coag(+): Staphylococcus aureus
 - Coag(-)
Gram Positive Cocci ... Identification Algorithm ... #GramPositive #cocci ... identification #algorithm ... #microbiology #
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
 •
space) • ElA for Cocci ... Confirm when ElA is positive ... trend response to treatment ... in response to positive ... Coccidioides #Diagnosis #workup
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
Rhodococcus - Microbiology ... nonmotile, non-spore-forming ... acid-fast gram-positive ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... #diagnosis #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
is considered positive ... purposes of this algorithm ... effusion, or z scores ... If echo is positive ... , treatment should
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... breakdown of glycogen stores ... hormones that work ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #treatment
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Blood cultures are positive ... cases Culture Positive ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... hematuria, + RF Treatment