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Recommendations for Collection of Specimens for Culture from Diabetic Foot Wounds;  Culture specimens should be
Collection of Specimens ... Wounds; Culture specimens ... curettage #bonebiopsy #woundsample ... #tissuebiopsy #specimens
CDC Recommended Laboratory HIV Testing Algorithm for Serum or Plasma Specimens

#HIV #Algorithm #Screening #Testing #HIVAIDS #Diagnosis
Serum or Plasma Specimens
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
from the same specimen ... two different specimens
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
agents: Borrelia species ... Mycobacterium species ... Streptococcal species ... , Candida species ... , Histoplasma species
"Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens. Based on: Centers for Disease Control
serum or plasma specimens
Typical therapeutic applications of Tetracyclines (Doxycycline)
Gram (+) cocci: Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant strains), Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram (+)
rods: Brucella species ... Chlamydia: Chlamydia species
Antifungal Coverage Activity Antibiogram 

Spectrum of action of systemic antifungal agents. Solid blocks represent species in
blocks represent species ... fungal genera/species
Metabolic Pathways of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: Adopted from chart originally published in Purple Urine Bag
, Enterococcus species ... aeruginosa, Citrobacter species
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing three specimens ... from a single specimen
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Campylobacter species ... • Chlamydia species ... • Salmonella species ... • Shigella species ... • Yersinia species