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Antifungal Coverage Activity Antibiogram 

Spectrum of action of systemic antifungal agents. Solid blocks represent species in
Antifungal Coverage Activity ... lines indicate fungal ... = micafungin; POSA ... #Pharmacology #InfectiousDiseases
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
the left is Gram pos ... covers ONLY Gram pos ... here’s the Gram pos ... In this final figure ... #pharmacology #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacterium bovis Most ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... Active: Symptomatic ... Response: • Most ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
Management of Jehovah's ... blood loss pro-actively ... should be drawn in pediatric ... lowest dose & most ... synthesis pro-actively
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
particularly helpful Most ... Double-stranded RNA • Fungi ... vasculature via: • Active ... Pathophysiology #InfectiousDiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Mycobacterium bovis Most ... infection (NTM) • Fungal ... Active: Symptomatic ... Response: • Most ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... Most invasive infections ... IA #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... (18%): Second most ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
bat droppings • Most ... Immunosuppressed host ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis ... #Management #Infections