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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
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Lipopolysaccharide components ... Double-stranded RNA • Fungi ... Mannan and glucan components ... #InfectiousDiseases
Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology

EXOGENOUS PYROGEN
 • Bacteria: Lipopolysaccharide components, peptidoglycans and muramyl peptide derivatives, Toxins
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Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology ... Lipopolysaccharide components ... stranded RNA • Fungi ... Mannan and glucan components ... Fever #Fever #Pathophysiology
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
It is caused by ... actually seen in all causes ... bacterial/viral/fungal ... pneumonia, congenital causes ... radiology #ChestCT #pathophysiology
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
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
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
involved in >50% of cases ... S.A. can also be caused ... by, fungi, viruses ... SepticArthritis #pathophysiology
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... Tropheryma whipplei, Fungi ... febrilepodcast] #BCNIE #Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Diagnosis Algorithm Cause ... intoxication Cause ... Cl⁻ with other components ... ⁻ increase may cause ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Pathophysiology