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Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
other as well as never ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #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 ... #Management #Microbiology
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
arboviruses, Rickettsia, African ... toxoplasmosis • Blood ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... Traveler #History #diagnosis
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
Predisposition • Fever ... Immunologic phenomena • Micro ... : + bcxs that do ... evidence of active infection ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
if infection most ... h (seek microbiology ... Discuss ongoing management ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc)- Diagnosis and Management Summary
Opportunistic bacteria, Healthcare Associated Infection
Gram-Negative Bacilli, Non-lactose fermenting, oxidase
)- Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... Healthcare Associated Infection ... Presentation: Fever ... wheezing Treatment: 1)
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive Blood ... yourself/the lab: 1) ... BloodCultures #BCx ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... East and Latin America ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Treatment: 1) ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Incubation is 1 ... • Prodrome: fever ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
- Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... : • 2 sets of blood ... syndrome: • Fever ... #Management #Microbiology