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Papilledema on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

Papilledema in a patient with cryptococcal meningitis

Dr. Sebastian Vega @oftalmopo

#Papilledema #cryptococcus #meningitis
a patient with cryptococcal ... meningitis Dr ... #Papilledema #cryptococcus ... #meningitis #Ocular
IDSA Treatment Recommendations for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis - Induction, Consolidation and Maintenance Therapy

Table 2. Antifungal Treatment Recommendations
Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... Treatment #management #meningitis ... #cryptococcus
Papilledema on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

31 year old male with cryptococcal meningitis. CD4 count 44, 1 year
old male with cryptococcal ... meningitis. ... #Papilledema #cryptococcus
IDSA Treatment Recommendations for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Individuals
Induction therapy:
 • AmBd (0.7–1.0
Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... week) >1 year #Cryptococcal ... Treatment #management #meningitis ... #cryptococcus #
IDSA Treatment Recommendations for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Transplant Recipients
Induction therapy:
 • liposomal AmB (3–4 mg/kg per
Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... year B-III #Cryptococcal ... Treatment #management #meningitis ... #cryptococcus #
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
regardless of CD4 • Cryptococcal ... Meningitis
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus ... detection for cryptococcal ... meningitis; some ... mucopolysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
infections: Severe cryptococcal ... pneumonia and meningitis ... (endocarditis, meningitis
Antifungal Polyenes - Amphoterecin B, Abelcet, Ambisome - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: binds ergosterol in membrane and
: Zygomycetes, Cryptococcal ... Meningitis (induction
Approach to chronic meningitis (defined as lasting for 4 weeks or more, and separate from recurrent
Approach to chronic meningitis ... recurrent acute meningitis ... enterovirus – Fungal: cryptococcus ... s #chronic #meningitis