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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
and Management ... - IDSA Guidelines ... Susceptibilities, Negative ... #IDSA #Guidelines ... #candidiasis #treatment
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
with persistent fever ... Treatment: • Exhibits ... #fungemia #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
and Management ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... : Supportive Management ... #microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... fastidious gram-negative ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
intracellular gram negative ... first line of treatment ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
• Cellulitis: Fever ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
culture Note that fever ... Microbiology: • ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... - No fever ... #Bacteremia #Treatment ... #Management #Duration ... #infectiousdiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... spread of the Gram-negative ... syndrome: • Fever ... #Microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases