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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... Characteristics, Diagnostic ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... #Invasive #Fungal ... #Infections #InfectousDiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Differential Diagnosis ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... histoplasmosis Liver ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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• Signs and Symptoms ... • Diagnosis ... • Treatment ... management #virus #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology #treatment
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... pain, Myalgia Diagnosis ... exposure • Symptoms ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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cage cleaning Symptoms ... hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... : • Classic symptoms ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Workup • CNS symptoms ... the respective fungal ... duplex or CTA • Liver ... Liver biopsy • ... UnknownOrigin #workup #diagnosis
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
workup dictated by symptoms ... Consider: Spine, CNS, liver ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... / CT if focal symptoms ... Monocytogenes #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 Diagnosis ... / CT if focal symptoms ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
suspicious clinical symptoms ... sought to support a diagnosis ... Areas of diagnostic ... boxes indicate final ... #Differential #Diagnosis