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

The Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard is
Dashboard - British ... Dashboard is a ... and the level of susceptibility ... /views/AMRDash/Dashboard ... #Susceptibility
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#Amphotericin #Ampho #AmphoB #AmB #resistance #resistant #microbiology
Ampho #AmphoB #AmB ... #resistance #resistant ... antifungal #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... antimicrobial susceptibility ... intra-abdominal infections ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases
Antifungal Coverage Activity Antibiogram 

Spectrum of action of systemic antifungal agents. Solid blocks represent species in
species in which resistance ... AMB = amphotericin ... #Antibiogram #Resistance ... #Pharmacology #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
Surgical Wound Infection ... surgical site infections ... Where the rate of infection ... with methicillin-resistant ... of culture and susceptibility
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
define the type of infection ... check for prior resistance ... Dapto, Linezolid Amp-S ... #management #infectiousdisease
Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
as mechanism of resistance ... amox for an ear infection ... - Methicillin resistant ... Binding #Proteins #AMR ... #antibiotics #resistance
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
developing active infection ... • Tuberculosis infection ... • Recent viral infections ... Extrapulmonary infection ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection ... symptomatic genital infection ... antimicrobial susceptibility ... Disseminated #Gonococcal #Infection ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
Exhibits innate resistance ... • Resistance ... candiduria & require susceptibility ... • Resistant or ... fungemia #management #infectiousdiseases