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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... week to assess ocular ... or TEE unless clinical ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... probability based on clinical ... specificity to assign a final ... #ultrasound #management
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) Clinical ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... prior abx use, fungal ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Bilateral Serous Choroidal Detachments on Ocular POCUS
Adult patient presents with eye pain, redness, and vision loss.
Detachments on Ocular ... Patient had fungal ... Detachment #Bilateral #Ocular ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... this morphology Treatment ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
Proptotic Eye found to have Abscess on POCUS (Endophthalmitis)

- Dr. J. Christian Fox https://twitter.com/jchristianfox

-- Editor Addition
have Abscess on POCUS ... appropriate w/u and treatment ... 1119331601559646209 #Ocular ... Proptotic #Eye #POCUS ... #Clinical #Ophtalmology
Toxocariasis
Pathogen: Toxocara - worldwide distributed helminth 
Transmission: 
 • Dogs and cats are the major source
Migrans (VLM) • Ocular ... • History + clinical ... Toxocara #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... adjacent to the focus ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
Clinical Course: ... Intraventricular, Orbital/Ocular ... Treatment: • ... NCC #parasites #infectiousdiseases ... Taenia #solium #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... stain of clinical ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections