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Lictheimia corymbifera on Culture and Microscopy
Formerly Absidia. Can look like Mucor, BUT sporagium w/ wide apophysis
Can look like Mucor ... most common after Mucoc ... rhizoids, columella, collarette ... - Apophysis: Mucor ... might be the "collarette
Mucor spp.
Characteristic of Mucor spp. isolates vs other Mucorales - absence of rhizoids, very long hyphae.
This
Mucor spp. ... Characteristic of Mucor ... ) columella w/ collarettes ... richdavisphd #Mucor
Protruding Iris Collarette - On slit-lamp examination, prominent iris collarettes were noted in both eyes (the
Protruding Iris Collarette ... prominent iris collarettes ... The iris collarette ... SlitLamp #Iris #Collarette
Fungal Pneumonias - Diagnosis Comparison Table
 • Aspergillus
 • Blastomyces
 • Candida
 • Coccidioides
 • Cryptococcus
Histoplasma • Mucor
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
fungi excluding mucor
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Aspergillosis, Mycetoma, Mucor
Patterns of disease in advanced COPD

Type A: 
Pink Puffer (Emphysema Predominant) 
Major complaint is dyspnea, often
productive of muco
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
• Rhizopus and Mucor
Common Dermatological Conditions - Distribution and Morphology
 • Acne vulgaris - Face, upper back, chest -
patches with a collarette
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rhizopus arrhizus, Mucor