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Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
are caused by members ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... Endophthalmitis, Endocarditis ... this morphology Treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... bacteria: Viral, Fungal ... lines, osteo, endocarditis ... ocular), Tissue activity ... • Secondary to Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... ASPERGILLOSIS • Aspergillus ... arthroconidia; the fungus ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... InfectiousDiseases #Fungal
Invasive Fungal Infection (IFI)

Invasive fungal infections are severe infections in which fungal pathogens invade normally sterile
Invasive Fungal ... (most frequent cause ... ) Aspergillus species ... (primarily pulmonary ... virulence Delays in treatment
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Tropheryma Whipplei • Aspergillus ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Treat underlying cause