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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
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
antimicrobial susceptibility ... the best empiric treatment ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #pharmacology #treatment
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Empiric Methicillin-Resistant ... Appropriate #Management #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
management and treatment ... with methicillin-resistant ... of culture and susceptibility
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Treatment: • 50% ... resistant to fluoroquinolones ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
Treatment: • Exhibits ... innate resistance ... • Resistance ... candiduria & require susceptibility ... fungemia #management #infectiousdiseases
Fusarium Treatment
 • Antifungal "susceptibility" can vary with Fusarium spp
 • F. oxysporum: low MICS to
Fusarium Treatment ... • Antifungal "susceptibility ... disease: • Optimal treatment ... Fusarium #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #management #treatment
Aeromonas spp - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Aeromonas spp: Gram-negative Rods, oxidase positive and glucose fermenter.
Virulence: Toxin
blood cultures Treatment ... Aeromonas are resistant ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases ... #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... Cryptococcosis Treatment ... terreus (Ampho resistant ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases