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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 ... other as well as never ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #bcx #contaminant
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Severe: Only 1% ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
criteria OR • 1 ... Predisposition • Fever ... Immunologic phenomena • Micro ... : + bcxs that do ... evidence of active infection
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
or blood lactate ... if infection most ... h (seek microbiology ... Discuss ongoing management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive Blood ... call from the micro ... yourself/the lab: 1) ... BloodCultures #BCx ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - American ... Diagnosis and Management ... Chagas disease (American ... Blood (platelets ... mild (malaise, fever
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Severe: Only 1% ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diarrhea (>3 BM/d) ± blood ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... diagnostic uncertainty (Bx ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Diagnosis and Management ... typically secondary to infection ... Criteria (2 Major OR 1 ... ) Major: +Blood ... predisposition/lVDU, Fever