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Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections and Treatment - Yeasts and Dimorphic Fungi

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#Yeasts #Fungal #Invasive
Invasive Fungal Infections ... and Treatment - ... Fungal #Invasive #Infections ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
Rhodococcus - Microbiology ... Overview Microbiology ... Inhalation or ingestion ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... #diagnosis #treatment
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
Anaplasma Infection ... phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... #Anaplasma #Infection ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... • Pharyngeal: Ingestion ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
a +ve culture Microbiology ... : - Bacterial infection ... SepticArthritis #pathophysiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... inhibitors • Injection ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... Triggering factor (infection ... Still disease, Infection ... Unknown cause Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment