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Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Suspected Ventilator-Associated ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... Endophthalmitis, Endocarditis ... Penicillium • BDG is associated ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
culture Note that fever ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... • Prophylactic antibiotics ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Tropheryma Whipplei • Aspergillus ... night sweats, fever ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... • IV antibiotics ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
rare cases of endocarditis ... systems & candidemia associated ... with persistent fever ... Treatment: • Exhibits ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... ASPERGILLOSIS • Aspergillus ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management