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Aspergillus flavus on Culture and Microscopy

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd

#Aspergillus #flavus #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture
Aspergillus flavus ... on Culture and ... Microscopy Rich ... #microbiology # ... culture
Aspergillus niger on Culture and Microscopy

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd

#Aspergillus #niger #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture
Aspergillus niger ... on Culture and ... Microscopy Rich ... #microbiology # ... culture
Aspergillus terreus on Culture and Microscopy
 - velvety white, later dusky "cinnamon' growth on culture
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Aspergillus terreus ... Microscopy - velvety ... richdavisphd #Aspergillus ... #Microscopy #clinical ... #microbiology
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
negative infective endocarditis ... whipplei, Fungi (Aspergillus ... , Candida), Mycoplasma ... #negative #Endocarditis ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Fungal (Histoplasma/Aspergillus ... patient a surgical candidate ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
for Infective Endocarditis ... bacilli - Fungi (Candida ... , Aspergillus, Histoplasma ... ) - Culture negative ... streptococci - Culture
Morphology and Descriptions of Fungal Infections with Hyphae or Pseudohyphae in Tissues
Yeasts with Pseudohyphae: 
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Consistent with Candida ... spp. however Aspergillus ... Consistent with Aspergillus ... fungi #infections #microbiology ... septations #pathology #atlas
Aspergillus terreus on Culture and Microscopy
 - cinnamon (with sugar) brown" growth on plate
 - resistant
Aspergillus terreus ... on Culture and ... Microscopy - cinnamon ... #microbiology # ... culture
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... ) Microbiology ... : Blood cultures ... Tropheryma Whipplei • Aspergillus ... #diagnosis #management
Aspergillus fumigatus on culture and microscopy
The most typically isolated hyaline mold: Aspergillus fumigatus.
Dark blue-green suede colony
on culture and ... microscopy The most ... fumigatus #clinical #microscopy ... #microbiology # ... culture