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

 - @IDAGRAM

#Yeasts #Fungal #Invasive
Invasive Fungal Infections ... and Treatment - ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... play a role in treatment ... pericarditis (select cases ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... #management #treatment
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Disease (American trypanosomiasis ... Diagnosis and Management ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... ) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... Chronic phase → (lasts ... #Diagnosis #Management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
Disease (American Trypanosomiasis ... Disease Note: Treatment ... Chagas #Disease #Trypanosomiasis ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... this morphology Treatment ... considered in certain cases ... IA #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #fungal
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Diagnosis and Management ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... risk-stratification • Risks: infection ... only curative treatment ... #treatment #hematology
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 ... 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
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology