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IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... • Invasive pulmonary ... Diseases Fellows ... @ID_fellows #Invasive ... Aspergillosis #Treatment
Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... infections: Morphology ... Risk Factors, Disease ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... #InfectousDiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
• CNS infection ... disease) • CSF ... (CNS Infection) ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
• CNS infection ... disease) • CSF ... (CNS Infection) ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Most invasive infections ... this morphology Treatment ... Diseases Fellows ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Sweet's Syndrome, hidradenitis ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... microbiological techniques Work-up ... Diseases Fellows ... #differential #workup ... #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
intermediate risk of disease ... because false-negative ... sample = 95% • A negative ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Invasive Candidiasis ... Line Targeted Treatment ... CVC Removal • Infectious ... Diseases Consults ... candida #auris #treatment