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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 ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... #contaminants
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#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #management
#Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Leptospirosis ... #Leptospira #management
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
, Rat-bite fever ... #infections #leptospirosis ... infectiousdisease #fever ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
: High spiking fever ... : high fever, CRP ... synovitis (40%) Treatment ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
are often [skin] contaminants ... call from the micro ... Fewer positive cultures ... reason to go to micro ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
and Management ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... : Supportive Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... TheIDtrivia #Leptospirosis ... #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
Leukocytosis (10,000/microL ... Treatment - Mild ... : NSAIDS Treatment ... Stills #disease #AOSD ... #rheumatology #management
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology