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Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Algorithm • Temperature ... Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... pathogens (S. aureus, fungal ... #Algorithm #CRBSI
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
for each of the components ... of the algorithm ... an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #LP #Antibiotics
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Did they receive antibiotics ... therapy - Number one cause ... Fungal (Histoplasma ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... Prevotella • Fungal
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
the spectrum of clinically ... important drug classes ... In this final figure ... does not equal clinical ... #pharmacology #management
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... response to a fungal ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Hair loss • Fever ... Dermatology #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... bacteria: Viral, Fungal ... Treatment: • Antibiotic ... ocular), Tissue activity ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Echinocandins - Antibiotics ... glucan synthesis in fungal ... usually works clinically ... salvage therapy, never ... Echinocandins lack activity
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Fungal Biomarkers ... Polysaccharide cell wall component ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... admin of mold-active ... post-2010 almost never
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
disease caused ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #diagnosis #management