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1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
ß-D-glucan: • Most fungi ... Glucan-containing gauzes ... Specificity #Laboratory #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Fungus ... #Fungi #Fungal
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... antibiotics as a cause ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... of a cavitating lung ... pulmonary abscess (TB, fungal ... #Differential #Lung
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
diameter are called lung ... masses & should ... nodules (no solid component ... associated with lung ... a diagnosis of lung
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... with underlying lung ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
difficile (gut) • Fungi ... Adenovirus, RSV • Fungi ... reactivation), RSV • Fungi ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Fungal Biomarkers ... Polysaccharide cell wall component ... of many fungi ... Clav (may be + as long ... Sara Dong #Fungal
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
Lipopolysaccharide components ... Double-stranded RNA • Fungi ... Mannan and glucan components ... Pathophysiology #InfectiousDiseases
Cutaneous sporotrichosis (also known as “rose gardener's disease”) is an infection caused by a fungus called
is an infection caused ... by a fungus called ... Sporotrichosis #Sporothrix #fungal ... #PrimaryCare #InfectiousDisease
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
segment or lobe of lung ... involving both lungs ... WHAT ARE COMMON CAUSES ... Bacterial, TB, NTM, Fungal ... #differential #causes