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Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Invasive Candidiasis ... 2-3 days), 50% sensitivity ... Conduct antifungal susceptibility ... testing (AFST) ... #Invasive #Candidiasis
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
point-of-care ultrasound ... Comparison #Accuracy #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #Testing
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound ... demonstrated a sensitivity ... abdominal CT, and a sensitivity ... Diagnosis #Accuracy #Testing ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound
The value of point-of-care ultrasound for detecting nail bed injury in [the] ED

American Journal of Emergency
point-of-care ultrasound ... Fracture #POCUS #Ultrasound ... VisualAbstract #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #Testing
Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Methods
1) Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion: disks impregnanted w/ Abx → circular gradient →
Antibiotic Susceptibility ... Testing Methods ... #Antibiotic #Sensitivity ... #Susceptibility ... #Testing #laboratory
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
esophageal, & vaginal candidiasis ... candiduria & require susceptibility ... testing
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
which she reports getting ... Here is her ultrasound ... diagnosed with high sensitivity ... Abdominal #clinical #ultrasound
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
antigen assay has a sensitivity ... Urinary antigen testing ... Fluconazole SYSTEMIC CANDIDIASIS ... blood cultures Candidiasis ... colonization Candidiasis