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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Complications • Ocular ... week to assess ocular ... or TEE unless clinical ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Optica (NMO) - Clinical ... desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... Other brainstem syndromes ... (e.g. oculomotor ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... Serologic and EMG ... Clinical DX: - ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... spondyloarthritis • Ocular ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... serologic, and EMG ... treatment Of ocular ... - Improves clinical ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Locked-in Syndrome (LiS) in ALS

What happens when ALS patients opt for mechanical ventilation? They can become
Locked-in Syndrome ... locked in at the final ... #LiS #ALS #clinical ... #physicalexam #ocular ... #neurology
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
acetate to help with ocular ... acyclovir 10mg/kg ... receive proper treatment ... Ophthalmicus #HZO #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... stain of clinical ... by culture or serology ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... Diagnosis: • Serology
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
the most common clinical ... chondritis • Ocular ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... Diagnosis: • Clinical ... affected tissue Treatment