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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
#Amphotericin #Ampho ... #AmphoB #AmB #resistance ... #resistant #microbiology ... 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
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Most invasive infections ... , Disseminated infection ... effects compared to amphoB ... of AmphoB or Vori ... treatment #fungal #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 ... #management #infectiousdisease
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
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... 50% in chronic infection ... niger, A. terreus (Ampho ... resistant) Invasive ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
the majority of infections ... Treatment: • 50% resistant ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases