Gram Positive Cocci
Hey Cullen, I'm coming back to this super-useful flowchart because I'm looking more closely at streptococci right now.
— Natalie Marshall, PhD🔬👩🔬🤯 (@MicrobeNat) September 29, 2020
A quick thought for your next iteration: Could add the colon cancer link for the Group D Strep (gallolyticus, prev. bovis).
This week’s #micromeded needs no explanation. This jam-packed infographic contains many of the gram positive cocci bacteria that cause disease in humans. The flowchart depicts one possible mechanism for differentiating between these organisms, but nowadays, many of these orgs are identified using MALDI-TOF, PCR, WGS, and/or immunologic detection. Nevertheless, it is important for clinicians and microbiologists to know how these tests are performed and each org’s characteristics. This is important not only for boards, but it also helps you better understand the pathogenicity of each of these species and how to identify them if the advanced technologies mentioned above were not available.
Update suggested by Natalie Marshall, PhD via twitter
Figure made with BioRender.com
