microbiolife.bsky.social
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Passionate about Medicine! 🩺👩🏻‍⚕️
Medical Microbiology Doctor in training in the UK 🧫🔬
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A very interesting case of native valve endocarditis caused by a coagulase negative Staphylococcus!

www.cureus.com/articles/427...
An Unusual Culprit: Staphylococcus capitis Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis Following Scalp Surgery
Staphylococcus capitis is a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) that colonizes the skin, particularly the scalp, and is often dismissed as a blood culture contaminant in the absence of prosthetic...
www.cureus.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Rachel Fuller Brown (1898–1980) & Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1885–1975) - Pioneers in Medical Mycology and Inventors of Nystatin, a life-saving anti-fungal antibiotic.

#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Os primeiros casos de infecção por "Candida auris", um fungo super-resistente a medicamentos, difícil de diagnosticar e considerado uma ameaça à saúde pública global, foram confirmados em Portugal.

Que fungo é este? Saiba mais: www.publico.pt/2161129
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM