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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
By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#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
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
clusters, pairs, chains ... 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
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Treatment: ... trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... infantum, Leishmania chagasi ... 2-6 months • Fever ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... #microbiology
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Alcoholism, DM, HIV Microbiology ... but rare triad: Fever ... weakness, sensory changes ... imaging as needed Treatment ... Abscess #diagnosis #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