Blood culture contamination: Difference between revisions

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+* '''Almost never''' true bacteremia
-= Blood culture contaminants =
+** [[Corynebacterium]], except [[Corynebacterium jeikeium]]
+** [[Bacillus]], except [[Bacillus anthracis]]
+** [[Cutibacterium acnes]]
+* '''Sometimes''' true bacteremia
+** [[Micrococcus]]
+** [[Enterococcus]]
+** [[Clostridium perfringens]]
+** [[Coagulase-negative staphylococci]]
+* '''Always''' true bacteremia
+** [[Staphylococcus aureus]]
+** [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
+** [[Escherichia coli]] and other [[Enterobacterales]]
+** [[Pseudomonas aeruginosa]]
+** [[Candida albicans]]
+* [[Coagulase-negative staphylococci]] are rarely significant (12%), but because they are so common (70-80% of all positive cultures), they are the most common cause of bacteremia
+[[Category:Microbiology]]
-* ''Never'' bacteremia
-** ''Corynebacterium''
-** ''Bacillus'', except ''B. anthracis''
-** ''Propionobacterium acnes''
-* ''Almost never'' bacteremia
-** ''Micrococcus''
-** ''Enterococcus''
-** ''Clostridium perfringens''
-** Coagulase-negative staphylococci
-* ''Always'' true bacteremia
-** ''Saphylococcus aureus''
-** ''Streptococcus pneumoniae''
-** ''Escherichia coli''
-** Enterobacteraciae
-** ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa''
-** ''Candida albicans''
-* Coagulase negative staphylococci are rarely significant (12%), but because they are so common (70-80% of all positive cultures), they are the most common cause of bacteremia.