PPT-News in Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections

Theoklis Zaoutis MD MSCE Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Associate Chief Division of Infectious Diseases The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Immunocompromised. Patients. Dr Anita Verma MD. Consultant Microbiologist. Department of Medical Microbiology & Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, Foundation, NHS trust, London. infections. By. F.W. Kamwendo. @ Nkhota-kota. Definition. Puerperal sepsis:. Infection . of the genital . tract occurring . at . any. time . between the onset of rupture . of. membranes . or labour, and the 42nd . Neuropathology Conference. Robyn Massa, MD and Clayton Wiley, MD, PhD. January 26, 2015. Case Report: History. HPI: 64 yo M initially presenting to OSH on 6/24/13 and transferred to PUH on 6/26/13 with new onset daily 10/10 headaches for 2 months. Headaches are diffuse and feel like pressure.. By. F.W. Kamwendo. @ Nkhota-kota. Definition. Puerperal sepsis:. Infection . of the genital . tract occurring . at . any. time . between the onset of rupture . of. membranes . or labour, and the 42nd . Estimated burden of fungal infections in Kenya John A Guto 1 ,4 , Christine C Bii 2 , David W Denning 1 , 3 ,4 1 LIFE program at Fungal Infection Trust , Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom 2 M university. college of pharmacy. Pharmaceutical chemistry. Antifungal drugs. Fungi . are traditionally important in plant pathology.. They . have gained much importance for causing serious . human diseases. Robyn Massa, MD and Clayton Wiley, MD, PhD. January 26, 2015. Case Report: History. HPI: 64 yo M initially presenting to OSH on 6/24/13 and transferred to PUH on 6/26/13 with new onset daily 10/10 headaches for 2 months. Headaches are diffuse and feel like pressure..  . Infection. Number of infections per underlying disorder per year. Rate/100K . Total burden. None. HIV. AIDS. Respiratory. Cancer. ICU. Oesophageal candidiasis. -. 1.413. -. -. -. 2.3. 1.413. Candidaemia. Local . C. hallenges. Dr. Afia Zafar . MBBS, DCP, FRCPath. Department . of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, . The Aga Khan . University. Plan . Introduction . Burden of disease. Challenges: Diagnostics and capacity . By : Nader . Alaridah. . MD,PhD. Skin & subcutaneous Mycoses. 1-Superficial mycoses such as . Caused by. Malassezia. 2-Cutaneous mycoses . such as. . Dermatophytes. Cutaneous. . candidiasis. Caused by. Page 4 of 4 ow to prevent the spread of fungal nails Using the same nail clippers or files for all nails can cause the infection to spread to healthy nails. Instead, you should use a separate dispos Immunocompromised. Patients. Dr Anita Verma MD. Consultant Microbiologist. Department of Medical Microbiology & Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, Foundation, NHS trust, London. Introduction : . Some fungi live on the skin as part of the normal skin flora while. others come into contact with the skin through the environment. and animals. Superficial fungal infections attack the epidermis,. They are also classified by the kind of fungus which causes the infection, which may be a filamentous fungus (mould) or a yeast, or may vary between these two forms depending on the environmental conditions (dimorphic fungi)..