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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
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
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Management #Microbiology
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 ... 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
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
≥ 4mmol.l-1 if infection ... within 1 h (seek microbiology ... Discuss ongoing management ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... reported in Latin America ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #microbiology #
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Management #Microbiology
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
: • Leptospirosis ... cases of malaria diagnosed ... renal function • Blood ... a chest film; blood-smear ... #Differential #Diagnosis