Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM)

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The colors on these Aspergillus were just so beautiful. The green one is Aspergillus flavus, and the tan one is Aspergillus terreus.

The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.

Fungus is so amazing ❤️

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But...it smells like chocolate cake! 🎂

These Proteus swarmed to look like flowers 🌻 perfect to ring in springtime.

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Saw some beautiful cording today in the AFB lab 😍
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Saw some beauties this week! A red Serratia, a golden Chryseobacterium, a wavin' Proteus!

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It's cryptococcus! The mucicarmine stain will stain the capsule pink :)

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YouTube video by vlogbrothers This Is Not Normal

"This progress we've had is not inevitable, it is the result of sustained, ongoing, open-ended funding and collaboration."

"Continued progress for human health is not natural. It will result or fail to result from human choices."

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ICYMI: On the classic game The Oregon Trail, pioneers faced constant threats—including disease. Many of those illnesses are still with us today. Learn about their impact and how they spread in our latest blog! https://buff.ly/3ClR0BA #infectiousdiseases #medsky

Of course! I believe this was grown on blood agar and this is just a Gram stain. The Bacillus are usually Gram positive rods, but they easily overdecolorize and turn red (like this) and the circles are the spores. Nocardia is a branching Gram positive rod often found in soil.

a dachshund is standing next to a red mixer with a paris poster behind it Alt: a dachshund gets a back scratch from a red KitchenAid stand mixer

Companions in antimicrobial resistance: examining transmission of common antimicrobial-resistant organisms between people and their dogs, cats, and horses

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Bacillus spores mixed in with Nocardia. Cultured from a contaminated skin wound.

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🥹Beautiful Serratia

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Norovirus is on the rise, perfect time for this super cool study showing 2'FL can reduce norovirus replication in human intestinal organoids! Finally, is there a potential treatment for norovirus on the horizon?

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All of these colonies are the same genus! They are all Pseudomonas! Pseudomonas can appear mucoid, dry/wrinkly, metallic, or regular depending on the isolate. There are even 2 oxidase negative species! Do you know which ones they are?

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Happy Friday! Here are some funny-face neutrophils to start off the weekend 😊 🧪

Saw this colorful guy pop up on a B. cepacia selective agar (BCSA) plate from a CF patient. The way it changed the color of the agar was so cool!

What fungi do you think it is?
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Published on This Day in 1981. Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia and Mucosal Candidiasis in Previously Healthy Homosexual Men — Evidence of a New Acquired Cellular Immunodeficiency An illustration showing the reproductive cycle of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and sites of action of the major classes of antiretroviral medications. The NEJM identity sits at the bottom.

On this day in 1981, a landmark paper in NEJM described four patients with evidence of immunodeficiency associated with PJP pneumonia, disseminated CMV, and Kaposi sarcoma. The disease would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. Revisit the paper: nej.md/41iekKD

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Pseudomonas rainbow 🌈 which flavor is your favorite?
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Excited for the next ASM journal club on molecular detection of lower respiratory tract infections next Tuesday! Looks like a great lineup of panelists and presenters! asm.org/webinars/vir...

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This impressive guy grew out of a sputum! He looks and sounds menacing, turning the agar black and named Streptomyces badius. But he's likely harmless in this patient. A lit review showed it also protects strawberry plants and their bees from pathogens! 🍓🐝
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cucumbers Information about multistate <em>Salmonella</em> outbreaks linked cucumbers.

Another outbreak - this time salmonella in SunFed cucumbers! If you have any please throw it away!
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It's cladosporium! You can see the shield cells, which are classic for this organism

Investigation Update: Listeria Outbreak, Meat and Poultry Products, 2024 Investigation of a multistate Listeria outbreaks linked to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products.

Listeria outbreak from pre-packaged braised beef! :(

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Photomicrograph of Curvularia australiensis, formerly Bipolaris australiensis

Bipolaris mourns
spicifera is transformed
Curvularia

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Yasss ce-FAZ-olin!

🔬Tape Prep Tuesday! 🔬
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This is proteus! Salmonella is not the only H2S producing organism! Some Proteus can also do this. Once on blood agar you can see the regular swarming behavior.

E. coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Carrots Page describes an outbreak of E. coli linked to organic carrots.

🥕Shiga-toxin producing E coli outbreak in carrots! I had these in my fridge 😨. If you have them please throw them away!

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