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Classification of oral lesions in transplant patients
Infectious:
 • HSV infection
 • VZV virus infection
 • Epstein-Barr
: • HSV infection ... • VZV virus infection ... viruses • CMV infection ... • Bacterial infections ... Mucormycosis, Blastomycosis
Fungal Infections - Geographic Distributions
Blastomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Cryptococcus gattii

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Fungal #Infections #Geographic #Distributions #map #geography
Fungal Infections ... Distributions Blastomycosis ... BrighamChiefs #Fungal #Infections
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Ulcerative Blastomycosis ... Blastomycosis +biopsy ... /itraconazole Blastomycosis ... Indiana University Infectious ... #Ulcerative #Blastomycosis
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
Endemic treponemal infection ... Invasive mold infection ... • Blastomycosis ... Central #Lesions #infections
Differential Diagnosis for Concurrent Brain and Lung Infections
 • Bacteria: Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Brain and Lung Infections ... Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis ... Coccidioides Infectious ... #Brain #Lung #Infections
Co-occurrence of Lung-Brain Infections
When we hear a patient w/ co-occurrence of lung-brain infection, Nocardia seems to
of Lung-Brain Infections ... of lung-brain infection ... Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis ... WuidQ #LungBrain #CoInfections ... #Infections #Lung
Disseminated Cutaneous Blastomycosis- A fungal culture of skin tissue was negative; however, a skin biopsy showed
Disseminated Cutaneous Blastomycosis ... disseminated cutaneous blastomycosis ... pyogranulomatous fungal infection ... NEJM #cutaneous #blastomycosis
Antifungal Polyenes - Amphoterecin B, Abelcet, Ambisome - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: binds ergosterol in membrane and
severe fungal infections ... Histoplasmosis/Blastomycosis ... 2nd-line for candida infections
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Cryptococcus, Sporothrix, Blastomycosis ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Cryptococcus, Blastomycosis ... - Non-Infectious
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... Histoplasmosis, blastomycosis