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1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
ß-D-glucan: • Most fungi ... inconsistently in other fungi ... positives: Beta lactam antibiotics ... Specificity #Laboratory #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungi #Fungal
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
febrilepodcast] #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... cryptococcosis #fungi ... #fungal #clinical
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Consider prior antibiotics ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Scedosporium, endemic fungi ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... AAST 2021 global clinical ... #antibiogram #antibiotics ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common antibiotics ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Treatment Options for Clinically ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics
MDRO: Multiple Drug Resistant Organism (Stenehjem E et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016; 63(10): 1273-1280)

#AntibioticClassificationSchema #Antibiotics
AntibioticClassificationSchema #Antibiotics ... #MDRO #clinical ... #management #pharmacology
Antifungal Coverage Activity Antibiogram 

Spectrum of action of systemic antifungal agents. Solid blocks represent species in
microbiological and clinical ... lines indicate fungal ... Echinocandins #Pharmacology ... #InfectiousDiseases