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Following is an example of a workup algorithm of possible bacterial infection in cases with no specifically requested targets (non-bacteria, mycobacteria etc.), with most common situations and agents seen in a New England community hospital setting. The grey box near top left shows a Venn diagram of what culture media are routinely used for various sources or purposes. The included pathways are the most common ones, but are not mandatory, as there are multiple exceptions to them. | Following is an example of a workup algorithm of possible bacterial infection in cases with no specifically requested targets (non-bacteria, mycobacteria etc.), with most common situations and agents seen in a New England community hospital setting. The grey box near top left shows a Venn diagram of what culture media are routinely used for various sources or purposes. The included pathways are the most common ones, but are not mandatory, as there are multiple exceptions to them. | ||
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Revision as of 13:14, 27 July 2023
Author:
Mikael Häggström, M.D. [note 1]
Learning microbiology
For clinical pathology trainees, microbiology is a subspecialty with a particularly high discrepancy between everyday practice and what is tested for on exams. In particular, exams have a tendency to ask to identify uncommon bacteria based on morphologic and biochemical characteristics, whereas in everyday practice there are only a limited number of bacteria that are identified by such testing, whereas the rest are generally identified by multitarget assays and/or MALDI-TOF. Thus, a lot of effort should be put on identifying what is actually memorization-worthy before starting to memorize microbiology-related content. Further information: Learning pathology
Example algorithm
Following is an example of a workup algorithm of possible bacterial infection in cases with no specifically requested targets (non-bacteria, mycobacteria etc.), with most common situations and agents seen in a New England community hospital setting. The grey box near top left shows a Venn diagram of what culture media are routinely used for various sources or purposes. The included pathways are the most common ones, but are not mandatory, as there are multiple exceptions to them.
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