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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,
American trypanosomiasis ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
American trypanosomiasis ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... detectable by blood ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive Blood ... clusters, pairs, chains ... call from the micro ... BloodCultures #BCx ... Interpretation #Laboratory #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 ... febrilepodcast] #Duke
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
American Trypanosomiasis ... Diagnosis and Management ... disease (American ... Blood (platelets ... mild (malaise, fever
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
S/sx: Fever, flank ... Sx include: fever ... Infection - Infection ... , Trypanosoma (Chagas ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... : Blood cultures ... • Blood cultures ... Suspicion -> TEE • Duke ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
S/sx: Fever, flank ... • Infection - ... Infection occurs ... , Trypanosoma (Chagas ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Diagnosis and Management ... typically secondary to infection ... spots) Diagnosis: Duke ... ) Major: +Blood ... predisposition/lVDU, Fever