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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
Antifungal Coverage Activity Antibiogram 

Spectrum of action of systemic antifungal agents. Solid blocks represent species in
Antifungal Coverage ... action of systemic antifungal ... species in which resistance ... #Antibiogram #Resistance ... #Pharmacology #InfectiousDiseases
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#Amphotericin #Ampho #AmphoB #AmB #resistance #resistant #microbiology
#AmphoB #AmB #resistance ... #resistant #microbiology ... micro #fungal #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
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
unresponsiveness to antifungal ... time to azole antifungals ... • Resistance ... candiduria & require susceptibility ... fungemia #management #infectiousdiseases
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Antifungal Echinocandins ... severe Candida infections ... rare reports of resistance ... for Aspergillus infections ... Echinocandins #Antifungal
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
 •
Tests Conduct antifungal ... susceptibility ... CVC Removal • Infectious ... Candidiasis #IC #antifungal
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
Fusarium Treatment
 • Antifungal "susceptibility" can vary with Fusarium spp
 • F. oxysporum: low MICS to
Fusarium Treatment • Antifungal ... "susceptibility ... and response to antifungals ... require enucleation Infectious ... #infectiousdiseases
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
severe fungal infections ... severe candidal infections ... primary and acquired resistance ... urinary tract infections ... #Flutycosine #Antifungal