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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
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
of Prosthetic Joint ... DDIs/AEs) - Fungus ... expectancy, poor candidacy ... PJI #Prosthetic #Joint ... #Infection #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
muscle aches, joint ... Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... Pulmonary (60%) • Sinusitis ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis
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
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
IDSA Recommendations ... Treating Bone or Joint ... Coccidiodomycosis #IDSA ... #Prevention #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
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
valley fever, is a fungal ... • bones • joints ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... Diagnosis #Management #infectiousdiseases