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Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... Bloodculture #Bloodcx #bcx
By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #management
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Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
call from the micro ... reason to go to micro ... BloodCultures #BCx ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... AnnKumfer #Rats #Diseases ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis ... #Management #Rodents
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
Hypercalcemia due ... Tuberculosis • Fungal Infections ... granulomatous diseases ... pneumonia, Cat scratch fever ... #differential #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
patient encounters due ... gordonae - 99.9% a contaminant ... Presentation: Fever ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Microbiologic
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... night sweats, fever ... Suspicion -> TEE • Duke ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... #management #cardiology
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
Predisposition • Fever ... : + bcxs that do ... evidence of active infection ... febrilepodcast] #Duke ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... useful for chronic infection ... #Management #Microbiology