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Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Antifungal Echinocandins ... vs Candida -> Drug ... severe Candida infections ... But higher MICs ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
of some of the drugs ... about the study design ... CoronaVirus #Treatment #Management ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
B for initial management ... severe fungal infections ... - Drug levels ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Flutycosine #Antifungal
Fusarium Treatment
 • Antifungal "susceptibility" can vary with Fusarium spp
 • F. oxysporum: low MICS to
Fusarium Treatment • Antifungal ... oxysporum: low MICS ... higher in vitro MICS ... #infectiousdiseases ... #management #treatment
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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Build a regimen using ... are contacts of infectious ... Tuberculosis #MDRTB #management ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa #
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
unresponsiveness to antifungal ... time to azole antifungals ... be overcome by using ... #fungemia #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... PUD (posterior), Anatomic ... dysfunction), Familial, Infectious ... pain-dose ketamine (ICU ... cholecystectomy during
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... neuromuscular blocking drug ... the laryngeal anatomy ... ❿ Perform FoNA using
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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- Wrong drug? ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #progression ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
Overview of antifungal ... tolerable • High MIC ... • Therapeutic drug ... #valleyfever #management ... comparison #table #pharmacology