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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Most invasive infections ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Histoplasmosis Treatment ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... : • Pulmonary (
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
nausea, vomiting and ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Mycoplasma genitalium: microbiology, screening/diagnosis, clinical syndromes, treatment, and other notes

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile
Mycoplasma genitalium: microbiology ... screening/diagnosis, clinical ... syndromes, treatment ... , and other notes ... Diseases #Infections
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Drugs Used for the Treatment ... of COVID-19 Infection ... in someone who had ... highlighted circle= clinical ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... multiple pulmonary ... failure - Infectious ... macrophages Treatment ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
in ICU patients and ... ulceration or treatment ... Risk Factors • Clinical ... #Prophylaxis #criticalcare ... #pharmacology #
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
fast staining and ... anaerobic conditions Clinical ... involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... Primary site of infection ... diagnosis #management #microbiology