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Fungal Pneumonias - Diagnosis Comparison Table
 • Aspergillus
 • Blastomyces
 • Candida
 • Coccidioides
 • Cryptococcus
Diagnosis Comparison Table ... • Aspergillus ... Blastomyces • Candida ... Diagnosis #Comparison #Table ... infectiousdiseases #pathology
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
Common Fungal Pathology ... • Candida - Small ... ucsdim #Fungal #Pathology ... #clinical #microscopy ... #table #atlas #
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Negative Blood Cultures ... antibiotics prior to cultures ... Fungal (Histoplasma/Aspergillus ... patient a surgical candidate ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... septae #septations #pathology ... #atlas
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
Cryptococcus, and Aspergillus ... spp. however Aspergillus ... Consistent with Aspergillus ... diagnosis #morphology #pathology ... #atlas
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
Coccidioides spp, Candida ... Cryptococcus, and Aspergillus ... , Histoplasma, Candida ... morphology #yeasts #pathology ... #clinical #atlas
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
preparation from culture ... Pathology: • Hematoxylin ... exceptions are Aspergillus ... #microbiology #microscopy ... fungus #comparison #table
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... 90% of IE cases Culture ... Tropheryma Whipplei • Aspergillus ... • Blood cultures ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
endoscopy • Able ... tattoo sites for future ... unable to identify pathology ... Bleed #GIBleed #management ... gastroenterology #table
Majocchi’s Granuloma due to Trichophyton rubrum 
This is GMS stain and culture of a skin biopsy
GMS stain and culture ... - Pathology: inflammatory ... Non-dermatophytes: Aspergillus ... Dx: pathology and ... clinical #photo #microscopy