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Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
 •
Non-culture-based tests ... • Molecular Tests ... Line Targeted Treatment ... Funduscopic Exam • CVC ... Diseases Consults • Echocardiogram
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... Treatment: Active ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... Treatment: Active ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tricuspid regurgitation on Color Doppler POCUS Echocardiogram

Tricuspid regurgitation.  High-pitched, holosystolic murmur best heard by lower
Doppler POCUS Echocardiogram ... holosystolic murmur best ... dilatation of the IVC ... regurgitation #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #Color
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Clinical ... syndrome (involvement IVC ... disease Imaging and Treatment ... test: abdominal
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
and borderline tuberculoid ... Macrophages with a vacuolar ... and numerous AFB Treatment ... Leprosy #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Epidemiology: • Rest ... • Vascular smooth ... perform provocative tests ... in cath lab Treatment ... cardiology #diagnosis #management
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Drugs Used for the Treatment ... More precisely "macular ... Even with macular ... highlighted circle= clinical ... Pharmacology #Table #Management