Jon David @microtech84

Science nerd. ASCP SM, Clinical Lab, A&P, runner, music lover, capricorn with scoprio rising 🏳️‍🌈 Atlanta, GA Joined October 2021

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Jon David @microtech84

10 months ago

Had a staph aureus a while back that was intermediate to vancomycin. Etest confirmed. #bacteriology #microbiology #staphaureus #visa

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Cryptococcus neoformans. Young male, hiv+. First pic - crypto antigen on serum. Titer performed & is >=1:2560. 2nd pic is csf gst on low. 3rd pic gst on high. 4th is India ink. #bacteriology #microbiology #cryptococcus

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Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM) @JuliaDHankins

2 years ago

This was seen in an Auramine-Rhodamine stain of a positive MGIT. Looks like it's celebrating the year of the dragon! 🐉🐲 What is this phenomenon called?

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Jon David @microtech84

2 years ago

Eikenella corrodens recovered from positive blood cultures. One set also grew strep anginosus. Small gram negative rods, pit the agar, produce a bleach like odor, oxidase positive. #bacteriology #microbiology #eikenella

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Jon David @microtech84

2 years ago

@JKurue007 Correct.

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Jon David @microtech84

2 years ago

moraxella catarrhalis in a blood culture. Pics: bld plt, choc plt, hockey puck colonies, catalase and oxidase reactions. Worked out well bc I was able to show our student. 🥰 #bacteriology #microbiology #moraxella

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Jon David @microtech84

2 years ago

@MRodgersRodgM It was a blood culture on a year old. Repeat blood culture was positive.

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Jon David @microtech84

2 years ago

@jcomls Thank you! I enjoy your posts :)

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Jon David @microtech84

2 years ago

@OkoroDeyForYou @jcomls Yes, it will give you a false + if you dig into the agar & that can give new techs fits if they are working up bugs their not familiar w/ bc they call it positive even though it’s very weak. I make sure not to dig into the agar here & this is a strong +

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Jon David @microtech84

3 years ago

There’s a special place in hell for coworkers who do stuff like this in the laboratory. It was worse a few days ago bc the tubes going forwarded were blocking the tubes from falling down 😠😡🤬

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Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM) @JuliaDHankins

3 years ago

🍄Mycology Monday🍄 🍄Who am I?🍄

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Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM) @JuliaDHankins

3 years ago

🫁 Found in a BAL. Who am I?

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Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM) @JuliaDHankins

3 years ago

✨️Beautitul Dermatophyte✨️ Such a pigmented red colony! Who am I? (sorry the tape prep is so grainy)

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Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM) @JuliaDHankins

3 years ago

☀️Found in a BAL. Who Am I?☀️

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Jon David @microtech84

3 years ago

If I have to work the weekend, at least let me have pretty bugs to look at. Serratia marcescens! #bacteriology #microbiology #serratia #urineculture

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D. King, MD @doctorORbust

3 years ago

I'll die on this hill: Hospitals should not charge patients or staff to park. For patients, it disproportionally affects those with the lowest economic status. And for employees, you're charging them to essentially come to work; this most affects employees who make the least.

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Jon David @microtech84

3 years ago

Wnd cult. Middle aged male. BAP/ CHOC agar shows S. maltophilia,T. asahii, and C. auris. 🫢 what a combo of bugs. PT has a history of the steno and auris. #bacteriology #microbiology #maltophilia #trichosporonasahii #candidaauris

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Jon David @microtech84

3 years ago

Media QC. top left -> P. mirabilis (brown w/ brown halo), E. coli (pink), E. faecalis (blue green) K. aerogenes (blue) and S. aureus (white / non pigment). The media pictured is remel spectra uti.#bacteriology #microbiology #remel #spectrauti

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Jon David @microtech84

3 years ago

@medlabmaria Be on time. Have a great attitude. Listen. Ask for clarification. Ask for help. Ask if there is anything you can help with. Leave your phone in the locker or in your pocket on vibrate or silent. Review notes from class prior to starting clinicals. Take notes / package inserts

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Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS🧫🦠 @richdavisphd

3 years ago

#MicroRounds (Day 971): “Take a stab at it” Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) produces 2 types of hemolysins (streptolysins): oxygen stabile (SLS) & labile (SLO) which creates a strong zone of clearing when a plate is stabbed bc of the low oxygen environment. #ASMClinMicro #IDtwitter