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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
ASAP • Other hardware ... Guidelines #Management #candida
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
arthroplasty AND • No hardware ... expectancy, poor candidacy
Spectrum of activity for systemic antifungal agents
Antifungals: 5FC, flucytosine; AMB, amphotericin B; ANI, anidulafungin; CAS, caspofungin;
Candida albicans ... , Candida glabrata ... , Candida tropicalis ... , Candida krusei ... , Candida lusitaniae
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
meningitis, severe candidal ... for non-severe candida
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
Coccidioides spp, Candida ... Cryptococcus spp; however Candida ... Penicillium marneffei, Candida ... , Histoplasma, Candida
Fungal Pneumonias - Diagnosis Comparison Table
 • Aspergillus
 • Blastomyces
 • Candida
 • Coccidioides
 • Cryptococcus
Blastomyces • Candida
Fungal biomarkers
Beta-d-glucan
Aspergillus galactomannan

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com]

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential #Ddx
#Aspergillus #Candida
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
Coccidioides spp, Candida ... Cryptococcus spp; however Candida ... Penicillium marneffei, Candida ... , Histoplasma, Candida ... Consistent with Candida
Microscopic examination of vaginal samples. A, Normal saline wet mount showing a clump of three normal
showing numerous Candida ... #Trichomonas #Candida
Blood pressure management in acute ischemic stroke - Timeline
Candidate for tPA:
 - Goal SBP <185 AND
stroke - Timeline Candidate ... AND DBP <110 NOT Candidate