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Fungal biomarkers
Beta-d-glucan
Aspergillus galactomannan

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com]

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential #Ddx
Diseases #Infections ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Fungal ... #Fungi #BDG #BDGlucan ... Aspergillus #Candida #Microbiology
ID Ddx: Diarrhea in a transplant recipient
- Bacterial: C.diff, Campy, Salmonella, Aeromonas, E.coli
- Viral: CMV, noro,
Sara Dong @swinndong ... Diseases #Infections ... #Diagnosis #Diarrhea ... Transplant #TxID #SOT ... #Causes
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
are caused by members ... allogeneic HSCT, SOT ... Penicillium • BDG ... angle branching • Ddx ... Diseases Fellows
Timeline of infections after solid organ transplantation can roughly be broken up into three time periods:
Diseases #Infections ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Transplant ... #TxID #SOT #Comparison ... #Microbiology
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
component of many fungi ... increase BDG!) ... colonization vs invasive disease ... non-neutropenic pts, SOT ... Galactomannan #diagnosis
Conditions Associated With Hyperferritinemia 
DDx of extreme hyperferritinemia >10,000
Not just HLH - in fact, most common
Hyperferritinemia DDx ... fact, most common causes ... Liver disease 3. ... - Infection-Fungai ... #causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... • Erythema • Soft ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... tuberculosis) • Fungi ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Pruritis after hot ... plaques) AML Dx ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
few months ago during ... Diagnosis? ... hem CA, HSCT, SOT ... Indiana University Infectious ... Diseases Fellowship
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... DDX Tb meningitis ... Nausea & vomiting ... of fever does not ... Diseases Fellowship