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The LSUHSC Department of Medicine Section on Infectious Diseases. Keep up to date on the latest trends in ID

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Happy Infection Prevention Week!
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Getting ready for the cemetery 5k!

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Pt w/CDiff colitis and fever. Blood cultures isolateGPCs possible alpha hemolytic strep.

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66 yr old male with AMS and AKI. LP shows 100 WBCs and 200 RBCs. BCX with S aureus. CSF is shown.

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Blood culture with pleomorophic gram negative tetrads. Grows best on chocolate.

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Neonate with fever. CSF isolates one colony of a gram positive? What do you suspect and what is the empiric therapy?

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@LSUHSCID Answer: Neisseria meningitides. Droplet isolation for 24 hours while on antibiotics

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@LSUHSCID Answer: Bacillus species

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@LSUHSCID Answer: Eikenella corrodens

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@LSUHSCID Answer: Achromobacter xyloxidans

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@LSUHSCID Answer: Cryptococcus neoformans

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Dr Aravindakshan-Patel presents at the 13th Annual Infectious Disease Fellows Conference @MayoClinic

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Health officials: Syphilis cases in New Orleans rise at an alarming rate | New Orleans - WDSU Home https://t.co/hisdLsC0L0 via @WDSU

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Picture quiz 6: Pregnant patient with positive blood cultures. Name the organism. Do you start isolation?

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Picture Quiz 5: BCx, gram negative not identifiable grows on Chocolate. Name the organism

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Picture quiz 4: Septic knee with necrotizing fasciitis. Why are these cocci gram variable and what organism?

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Picture quiz 3: This organism has a "bleach" smell and can be found in a human bite wound.

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Picture quiz 2:15 yr old pt with Cystic Fibrosis exacerbation. Sputum Cx w/mucoid colonies on Mac Conkey. Organism?

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Picture quiz1: AIDS pt BCx w/budding yeast. Serum Crypto Ag negative. Chromagar is mauve. What is this?

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Easiest way to improve patient safety? Wash your hands! #PSAW2016 #ptsafety https://t.co/37jR0jfV7a