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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal infections ... Characteristics, Diagnostic ... First-Line Treatment Aspergillus ... , Coccidiodes, Fusarium ... #Management
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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aspergillosis • Cardiac Aspergillus ... infectionAspergillus ... infections of eye ... Aspergillosis #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #
Fungal Biomarkers: Comparing Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
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Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus ... Fusarium, Acremonium ... Other Pathogens: Fusarium ... Galactomannan #diagnosis ... #comparison #microbiology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
(IA) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... positive with Histo, Fusarium ... appearance includes: Fusarium ... #Management #treatment
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Differential diagnosis ... of Skin + Eye infections ... : Candida spp, Aspergillus ... Endemic mycoses, Fusarium ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
, Histoplasma, Fusarium ... invasive fungal infection ... surfaces - Infections ... Galactomannan #diagnosis ... #comparison
Morphology and Descriptions of Fungal Infections with Hyphae or Pseudohyphae in Tissues
Yeasts with Pseudohyphae: 
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Descriptions of Fungal Infections ... Consistent with Aspergillus ... spp, Fusarium spp ... fungal #fungi #infections ... #differential #diagnosis
Spectrum of activity for systemic antifungal agents
Antifungals: 5FC, flucytosine; AMB, amphotericin B; ANI, anidulafungin; CAS, caspofungin;
Candida lusitaniae, Aspergillus ... neoformans, Mucorales, Fusarium ... #antibiogram #management ... #pharmacology #
An Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Emphysematous Urinary Tract Infections

#Emphysematous #UrinaryTract #Infection #UTI #Algorithm
An Algorithm for ... Evaluation and Management ... Urinary Tract Infections ... #UTI #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Management
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
severe Candida infections ... Static vs Aspergillus ... infections (often ... Zygomycetes, and Fusarium ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology