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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 ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #Bloodculture #
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... : • Epidemiologic ... #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Illness Script Epidemiology ... Alcoholism, DM, HIV Microbiology ... but rare triad: Fever ... weakness, sensory changes ... #management
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... and Management ... Summary Acute Chagas ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... #Management #Microbiology
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
clusters, pairs, chains ... call from the micro ... VarunPhadke2 #BloodCultures ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... infantum, Leishmania chagasi ... 2-6 months • Fever ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... Epidemiology: Most ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Summary Epidemiology ... -60y (hormonal changes ... #Management #Signs
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... and Management ... Summary Acute Chagas ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... #Management #Microbiology
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
Monkeypox • Epidemiology ... - Prodrome: Fever ... #Monkeypox #diagnosis ... #management #virus ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology