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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
and Management - IDSA ... Guidelines 1) Antibiotics ... or TEE unless clinical ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... #candidiasis #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Pathophysiology: 1. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... once stable - ... shows a small, stable
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... doi.org/10.1093/cid
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Capnophilic "carbon loving ... Incubation period is 1- ... Multiorgan failure: CID ... specificity of PCR ... Treatment: • 50%
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... Step 1: Choose one ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa #
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Acromegaly: frontal bossing ... Mortality due to CVD ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
NSAIDs, β-blockers, Antibiotics ... (Bactrim, PCN G-K ... VBG (acidosis), CK ... Elimination (see Table ... 5-10U reg IV + 1-
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
(2 of 3): 1) Characteristic ... low-fat (as safe as CLD ... • Antibiotics ... cholecystectomy during ... #Management #Treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... & Dry) is the treatment ... then be excreted using ... #table #foamed ... #pharmacology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Romana Sing (unilateral ... • Severe: Only 1% ... • Treatment: ... Disease": T. cruzi + clinical ... T.cruzi without clinical