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Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Bacterial: Staph spp ... spp, Bartonella ... Fungal: Candida spp ... , Aspergillus spp ... viral #fungal #Microbiology
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
, Brucella spp, ... , Legionella spp ... Aggregatibacter spp ... variant Strep spp ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology
Morphology and Descriptions of Fungal Infections with Hyphae or Pseudohyphae in Tissues
Yeasts with Pseudohyphae: 
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, Fusarium spp, ... Scedosporium spp ... , Trichoderma spp ... , Fonsecaea spp, ... fungi #infections #microbiology
Babesia spp. on Peripheral Blood Smear Microscopy
 - Multiple small parasites per RBC
 - "maltese cross"
Babesia spp. on ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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especially for TPN ... #Differential #Microbiology
Key Pathogens to Consider in Asplenia
 - Encapsulated bacteria
    • S. pneumoniae
Capnocytophaga spp ... Asplenia #Pathogens #microbiology
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
Streptococcus sp ... Streptococcus sp ... , Enterococcus spp ... Streptococcus spp
Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy
 - only growing on Chocolate Agar
 - Gram pos
Streptococcus spp ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
of Coccidioides spp ... however Candida spp ... , Fusarium spp, ... Scedosporium spp ... fungi #infections #microbiology
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
of Coccidioides spp ... with Cryptococcus spp ... however Candida spp ... of Coccidioides spp ... #atlas #fungi #microbiology