Management of needlestick injury
This is a study note on managing needlestick/sharps injury or body-fluid exposure. This is not a clinical guideline and must […]
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Questions for FRCPath Microbiology
Where to find questions for FRCPath Microbiology? Part 1: A. The first question that comes to mind is – Are
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Quick observations on the exam (Part 1/CICE) – by a successful overseas candidate
2023 Spring exam experience: I have recently sat for this exam this Spring. My account is like this. I think
Sharing experience on taking the CICE
Written in 2021 One of our trainees, who was successful In the CICE, has kindly shared the study materials she
Preparing for the FRCPath Part 1 Exam in Medical Microbiology and Virology
An IMG’s Perspective by Dr Chidi Onwukwe (2018) I decided to sit for the FRCPath part 1 in MMV sometime
My prep for the part 1 exam (FRCPath Microbiology)
by Dr Saishruti Iyer (2021) I decided to appear for FRCPath sometime last year when a senior recommended that it
Echinocandin
Echinocandins are a class of antifungals that prevent glucan synthesis pathways necessary for fungal cell wall formation. Echinocanins are antifungals
Daptomycin
Class: Cyclic lipopeptideSource: Streptomyces roseosporusDiscovered: 1980s; approved for use in 2003 (FDA)Molecular weight: 1620 DA. Mechanism of action: The Daptomycin (DAP) combines
Antibiotic
Plazomicin
Nature of the antibiotic Class: Next-generation aminoglycoside (neoglycoside), semisynthetic (sisomicin based). It is not inactivated by most aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes (AME).Molecular weight: 592.68.
Tigecycline
Nature: Glycylcycline, a member of the tetracycline family. Semisynthetic derivative of minocycline.MW: 585.6 Mechanism of action: 1. Bind to 30S