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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... - IDSA Guidelines ... or TEE unless clinical ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... • Flex-Sig: If ... (IDSA 2021): ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) Clinical ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... cefepime/ceftaz/AG ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... this morphology Treatment ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
the nasolacrimal sac ... the first day of treatment ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #peds #acute
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... stain of clinical ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis ... #Management #Infections
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
remains unknown • Final ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... support for patients clinically ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #cardiology #treatment
Majocchi’s Granuloma due to Trichophyton rubrum 
This is GMS stain and culture of a skin biopsy
/ foot + tinea pedis ... Treatment: Itraconazole ... Majocchi granuloma Treatment ... recommended Mayo Clinic ... #photo #microscopy
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... 2) Culture 3) Ag ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Diagnosis and Management ... valley fever, is a fungal ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... Fever #Diagnosis #Management ... #infectiousdiseases