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A hospitalized patient with a venous catheter developed fever 15 days after admission to the ICU.
Blood culture sets were collected and the organism shown (Gram stain) was isolated from both anaerobic and aerobic bottles in 2 sets.
Results: Cat=NEG, LAP=POS, and PYR=POS
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A 64 year old female admitted after routine primary care visit revealed leukocytosis (94 x 10^3/cm).
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A 55 year old female patient underwent MRI guided biopsy for a non-mass enhancement. She has previously biopsy-proven ipsilateral breast carcinoma.
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A female patient with cystic fibrosis in her mid-twenties has a positive AFB sputum culture. Below is a Kinyoun stain of positive MGIT tube fluid.
