Blood culture contamination: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 23:39, 9 August 2024

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-* '''Never''' bacteremia
+* '''Almost never''' true bacteremia
-** ''[[Corynebacterium]]''
+** [[Corynebacterium]], except [[Corynebacterium jeikeium]]
-** ''[[Bacillus]]'', except ''B. anthracis''
+** [[Bacillus]], except [[Bacillus anthracis]]
-** ''[[Propionobacterium acnes]]''
+** [[Cutibacterium acnes]]
-* '''Almost never''' bacteremia
+* '''Sometimes''' true bacteremia
-** ''[[Micrococcus]]''
+** [[Micrococcus]]
-** ''[[Enterococcus]]''
+** [[Enterococcus]]
-** ''[[Clostridium perfringens]]''
+** [[Clostridium perfringens]]
 ** [[Coagulase-negative staphylococci]]
 * '''Always''' true bacteremia
-** ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]''
+** [[Staphylococcus aureus]]
-** ''[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]''
+** [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
-** ''[[Escherichia coli]]''
+** [[Escherichia coli]] and other [[Enterobacterales]]
+** [[Pseudomonas aeruginosa]]
-** 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
-** ''[[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]]