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IDSA Treatment Recommendations for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis - Induction, Consolidation and Maintenance Therapy

Table 2. Antifungal Treatment Recommendations
Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... Recommendations for Cryptococcal ... management #meningitis #cryptococcus
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus ... detection for cryptococcal ... mucopolysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus ... cell walls of Cyptococcus ... fungus #comparison #table
Fungal Pneumonias - Diagnosis Comparison Table
 • Aspergillus
 • Blastomyces
 • Candida
 • Coccidioides
 • Cryptococcus
Diagnosis Comparison Table ... Coccidioides • Cryptococcus ... Diagnosis #Comparison #Table
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... (Histoplasma, Cryptococcus ... failure, COPD, Lung ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... ABG, BDG, Serum Cryptococcal
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... regardless of CD4 • Cryptococcal
Rare Invasive Yeasts - Species and Antifungal Therapy

Cryptococcus, 
Geotrichum, 
Kodamaea, 
(Pichia)ohmeri, 
Malassezia, 
Pseudozyma, 
Rhodotorula, 
Saccharomyces, 
Saprochaete
Antifungal Therapy Cryptococcus ... Therapy #Management #Table
Lung Auscultation and Physical Exam Findings in Selected Lung Disorders

#PhysicalExam #Auscultation #Pulmonary #Percussion #Dullness #Fremitus #BreathSounds
Lung Auscultation ... Findings in Selected Lung ... #Auscultation #Pulmonary ... Transmitted #Comparison #Table ... #Lung #Diagnosis
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary ... Coccidioides spp., Cryptococcus ... Drug toxicity, Pulmonary ... Metastatic disease, Pulmonary ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung
POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #POCUS ... Algorithm #Ddxof #Lung ... #Pulmonary
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
, pulmonary congestion ... disease, idiopathic pulmonary ... bronchiectasis due to pulmonary ... Diagnosis #HRCT #POCUS ... #Table #ILD #Findings