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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
and Management - IDSA ... #Candidemia #IDSA ... Guidelines #Management #candida ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
IDSA Recommendations ... for effective treatment ... #Candidiasis #candida ... #mucosal #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment
Management of Suspected and Confirmed Candida auris 

Isolate patients with suspected C auris 
 • Private
and Confirmed Candida ... disinfection Begin treatment ... Disease Control and Prevention ... intervals #Candida ... Management #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... Pulmonary (60%) • Sinusitis ... arthroconidia; the fungus ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Debridement & implant retention ... DDIs/AEs) - Fungus ... expectancy, poor candidacy ... Joint #Infection #treatment
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... in New York and Canada ... serum/urine Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases