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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
Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc)- Diagnosis and Management Summary
Opportunistic bacteria, Healthcare Associated Infection
Gram-Negative Bacilli, Non-lactose fermenting, oxidase
Diagnosis and Management ... Healthcare Associated Infection ... Presentation: Fever ... : 1) TMP-SMX, Levofloxacin ... #treatment #pneumonia
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 ... • Treatment: ... #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 ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... East and Latin America ... 2-6 months • Fever ... : 1) Liposomal ... #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
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #microbiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... reported in Latin America ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #treatment #microbiology