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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 ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #bcx #contaminant
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
Criteria: • Positive blood ... from 2 separate blood ... Persistently positive blood ... Single positive blood ... : + bcxs that do
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
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
or blood lactate ... if infection most ... bloods including ... blood gas, lactate ... h (seek 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
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
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
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
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
abdominal pain, bloody ... HIV infection or ... Bloody diarrhea, ... fever, abdominal ... Acute #Diarrhea #management
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - American ... Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Blood (platelets ... mild (malaise, fever