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Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... • Major blood ... : • Serology for ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... have positive blood
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Microbiology: Blood ... Culture (+): Acute ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... • Blood cultures
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... quantify renal injury ... reveals increasing blood ... #management #treatment
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... concentrations in: RBCs ... deficiency of red blood ... • Pulmonary infarction ... : • Early acute
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
presentations: • Pulmonary ... Endophthalmitis, Endocarditis ... septated hyphae, acute ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Microbiology: Blood ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Septic emboli cause injury ... hematuria, + RF Treatment
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
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Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... • Dimorphic fungi ... common endemic fungal ... , PCR Treatment ... Duration depends on acute
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Torsemide) • Acute ... pulmonary edema ... Prevention of blood ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
removal from the blood ... presentations and disease ... liver or renal injury ... pulmonary edema ... peritonitis - Acute
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
BCx+ in -40% of ... Refractory FUO, Sino-pulmonary ... : • Optimal treatment ... on the type of injury ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis