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Bipolaris ("pea pods") on Plate Culture and Microscopy

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd

#Bipolaris #mold #clinical #microscopy
"pea pods") on Plate ... Culture and Microscopy ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology ... #culture
Nocardia on Culture and Respiratory Microscopy
 - Gram stain from plate culture: classic beaded, branching GPR
Nocardia on Culture ... Gram stain from plate ... culture: classic ... richdavisphd #Nocardia #Culture ... Microscopy #clinical #microbiology
Epicoccum purpurascens on plate culture
 - dematiaceous mold that produce orange pigment
 - banked isolate cultured
purpurascens on plate ... culture - dematiaceous ... banked isolate cultured ... #culture #clinical ... #microbiology
Fusarium on Culture and Microscopy
Collecting a sample for culture from the eye is never fun, but
Fusarium on Culture ... Collecting a sample for culture ... positive fungal culture ... Pictured: 1) plate ... Microscopy #clinical #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Food: Cold cuts, pate ... Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood culture ... identified with modern culture ... diagnosis #causes #culture ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Food: Cold cuts, pate ... Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Alternaria on Culture Plate and Microscopy
Adult w/ aplastic anemia, getting regular blood product infusions. Had Group
Alternaria on Culture ... Plate and Microscopy ... had blood fungal cultures ... One plate grew a ... Microscopy #clinical #microbiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... : Blood cultures ... 90% of IE cases Culture ... • Blood cultures ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Plate Colony Color Identification Algorithm
 - Pink Colonies
 - Turquoise Blue Colonies
 - Blue-Purple Colonies
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Plate Colony Color ... of Colonies #Plate ... Algorithm #diagnosis #microbiology ... #culture #colonies