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

The Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard is
Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard ... bacterial species, antibiotics ... /views/AMRDash/Dashboard ... Antimicrobial #Antibiotics ... Susceptibility #Susceptibilities
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
esophagitis, Infection (Candida ... Surgery consults +/- antibiotics ... Necrosis #black #esophagus ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Guidelines 1) Antibiotics ... fluconazole pending: Susceptibilities ... Guidelines #Management #candida
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
broad spectrum antibiotic ... use, infections (Candida ... is restored to esophagus ... distal third of esophagus ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology
Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS), Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (JPS), Cowden Syndrome (CS), Cronkhite-Canada (CC),
CS), Cronkhite-Canada ... polyp types - Esophagus ... hemangioma Cronkhite-Canada ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology