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Papilledema on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

Papilledema in a patient with cryptococcal meningitis

Dr. Sebastian Vega @oftalmopo

#Papilledema #cryptococcus #meningitis
a patient with cryptococcal ... #Papilledema #cryptococcus ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Papilledema on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

31 year old male with cryptococcal meningitis. CD4 count 44, 1 year
old male with cryptococcal ... #Papilledema #cryptococcus ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis- The opening pressure on lumbar puncture was 29 cm of water (reference range,
Cryptococcus neoformans ... The cryptococcal ... CSF culture grew Cryptococcus ... #clinical #NEJM ... #Cryptococcus #neoformans
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
Microbiology #Micro #Cryptococcus ... fungi #fungal #clinical
Cryptococcosis - Cryptococcus Neoformans - Fungal Pathology 

Narrow- budding yeast with mucicarmine positive capsules — cryptococcus
Cryptococcosis - Cryptococcus ... positive capsules — cryptococcus ... Medicine @ucsdim #Cryptococcus ... Fungal #Pathology #clinical
Cryptococcus neoformans on Microscopy
- round, budding, variable sizes

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd

#Cryptococcus neoformans #clinical #microscopy
Cryptococcus neoformans ... richdavisphd #Cryptococcus ... neoformans #clinical
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
, Histoplasma, Cryptococcus ... Consistent with Cryptococcus ... capsule deficient Cryptococcus ... yeasts #pathology #clinical
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
broad based bud • Cryptococcus ... Fungal #Pathology #clinical
Hemiballismus on Physical Exam secondary to Cryptococcal fungal infection
MRI showed 2 pockets of infection on both
Exam secondary to Cryptococcal ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
- Negative: Cryptococcus ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... Paecilomyces, Cryptococcus