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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
(IA) - Diagnosis ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... Endophthalmitis, Endocarditis ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #IA #Diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Autoimmune (SLE ... Tropheryma Whipplei • Aspergillus ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Diagnosis? ... #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Inhalation of spores ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... ASPERGILLOSIS • Aspergillus ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... #Diagnosis #Management