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IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis ... then switch to triazole ... (BIII) #Coccidiodomycosis
Perineum Anatomy - Perineal Triangles and Muscles
 - Urogenital Triangle
 - Anal Triangle

By @rev.med

#Perineum #Anatomy #Perineal
Anatomy - Perineal Triangles ... Anatomy #Perineal #Triangles
Antifungal Coverage Activity Antibiogram 

Spectrum of action of systemic antifungal agents. Solid blocks represent species in
Antibiogram #Resistance #Triazoles
Fungal Infections - Geographic Distributions
Blastomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Cryptococcus gattii

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Fungal #Infections #Geographic #Distributions #map #geography
Blastomycosis Coccidioidomycosis
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
 •
Coccidiomycosis ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Coccidioidomycosis
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
Histoplasmosis, - Coccidioidomycosis
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
infection • Coccidioidomycosis
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Invasive (esp. coccidioidomycosis
Antifungal Polyenes - Amphoterecin B, Abelcet, Ambisome - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: binds ergosterol in membrane and
/Blastomycosis/Coccidioidomycosis
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
: Aspergillus, Coccidiomycosis ... histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis