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Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections and Treatment - Yeasts and Dimorphic Fungi

 - @IDAGRAM

#Yeasts #Fungal #Invasive
Infections and Treatment ... and Dimorphic Fungi ... Invasive #Infections #Algorithm ... #Treatment #Diagnosis ... #Management #Microbiology
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... • Indolent symptoms ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #criticalcare # ... algorithm #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... & Dry) is the treatment ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... symptoms • Pericarditis ... : • Direct fungal ... arthroconidia; the fungus ... InfectiousDiseases #Fungal
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... - Symptoms, CXR ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #management #microbiology
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
self-limiting respiratory symptoms ... prostate • Diagnosis ... disease: no treatment ... #ValleyFever #diagnosis ... management #summary #fungal
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Influenza Checklist Diagnostic ... suspected Adiunctive treatments ... BID if <96hr of symptoms ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
syndromes current treatment ... algorithm 2018. ... disease-associated symptoms ... median age at diagnosis ... cardiovascular or pulmonary