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Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
inoculation • Clinical ... blastomycosis • Diagnosis ... severe: Lipid Amphotericin ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... typically liposomal amphotericin ... After 5 days of amphotericin ... drained at time of diagnosis ... T2 #MRI #Brain #clinical
Antifungal Polyenes - Amphoterecin B, Abelcet, Ambisome - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: binds ergosterol in membrane and
Antifungal Polyenes - Amphoterecin ... Polyenes #Antifungal #AmphoterecinB
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis - Preferred Therapy:
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• Liposomal amphotericin ... • Liposomal amphotericin ... • Liposomal amphotericin ... 4 weeks or • Amphotericin ... • Liposomal amphotericin
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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aminoglycosides, amphotericin ... , pentamidine, amphotericin ... #differential #diagnosis
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
incubation 4 major clinical ... formulations of amphotericin ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
- Differential Diagnosis ... aminoglycosides, amphotericin ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Differential Diagnosis ... nephropathy - Amphotericin ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
- Differential Diagnosis ... hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Antifungal Coverage Activity Antibiogram 

Spectrum of action of systemic antifungal agents. Solid blocks represent species in
microbiological and clinical ... AMB = amphotericin