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Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard - British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) 2016

The Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard is
Antimicrobial Resistance ... Dashboard - British ... Resistance Dashboard ... cross table of bacterial ... /views/AMRDash/Dashboard
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Preventing and Treating Bacterial ... HIV-AIDS Preventing Bacterial ... Enteric Illness: • Antimicrobial ... trip’s duration, antimicrobial ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
of contaminated material ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... Microbiology #diagnosis #treatment ... #pulmonary #Bacteria
Prostanoid prescribing and management in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Oral Prostanoids:
 - Selexipag
 - Treprostinil
Inhaled Prostanoids
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management in Pulmonary ... Arterial Hypertension ... #prescribing #Pulmonary ... #Arterial #Hypertension ... Management #Algorithm #treatment
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
• Decreases pulmonary ... arterial pressure ... Medications #Management #Treatment
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... Mucormycosis - Bacteria ... Fusobacterium Treatment ... necessitans includes: - antimicrobials ... clinical #video #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
stigmata of cor pulmonale ... • Pulmonary artery ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... cultures (sputum for bacteria ... mycobacteria Treatment
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... 6 months after pulmonary ... thromboembolic material ... Bypass Other Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped bacteria ... Response: • Most bacteria ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
hemorrhage • Treatment ... several months of treatment ... Pathogens: • Aerobic Bacteria ... • Anaerobic Bacteria ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary