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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... - Eye exam within ... Consider: Spine, CNS ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... , serotonin syndrome ... bacteria: Viral, Fungal ... , prostate, ocular ... • Secondary to Treatment
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
acetate to help with ocular ... other potential causes ... receive proper treatment ... is no mainstay treatment ... HZO #clinical #video
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
• Inflammatory eye ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... recent DAN) • EMG/NCS ... Goodpasture's cause ... diagnosis #management #treatment
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome ... • Locked-in syndrome ... Reflexes: • Pupillary ... • Vestibulo-ocular ... Casey Albin MD @
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... Diagnosis: • Dry eyes ... gland) biopsy • Ocular ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Lateral Canthotomy with Cantholysis
The treatment of orbital compartment syndrome cause by a retrobulbar hematoma causing symptoms—namely
Cantholysis The treatment ... orbital compartment syndrome ... cause by a retrobulbar ... include an afferent pupillary ... ophthalmoplegia, and eye
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
or excavation work ... involvement in >95% of cases ... tissue, skeleton, CNS ... spinal cord), eyes ... management #summary #fungal
Relapsing Polychondritis

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

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
chondritis • Ocular ... hearing loss, nausea ... vessels (aorta) • Eyes ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... affected tissue Treatment