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IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment • Invasive ... pulmonary aspergillosis ... Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... @ID_fellows #Invasive ... Aspergillosis #Treatment #management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
impact of basic management ... Actively pursue ... anesthesia • Non-invasive ... technique vs. invasive ... intubation • Video-assisted
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV • Recent infection ... mycobacterial infection ... NTM) • Fungal infection ... unable to limit infection ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS infection ... , Disseminated infection ... IA #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV • Recent infection ... mycobacterial infection ... NTM) • Fungal infection ... unable to limit infection ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... , hypoxia, and pulmonary ... • Persistently active ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Gold Eyelid Implant Extrusion on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Extrusion of a gold implant for the management
implant for the management ... history of trauma or infection ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... ophthalmology #SlitLamp
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Ampho resistant) Invasive ... : • Pulmonary ( ... of 30% to 40% Invasive ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
material) > local invasion ... manifestations of Fusarium infection ... Refractory FUO, Sino-pulmonary ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
3 PHASES: - Invasion ... - Migration to Pulmonary ... shortness of breath, pulmonary ... several weeks after infection ... Stercoralis #diagnosis #management