28 results
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
Important Fungal ... and chitin in fungal ... #microbiology #microscopy ... #staining #diagnosis ... #fungi #fungus
Fusarium on Culture and Microscopy
Collecting a sample for culture from the eye is never fun, but
on Culture and Microscopy ... but a positive fungal ... & reverse) 2) microscopic ... Fusarium #Culture #Microscopy ... #clinical #microbiology
Histoplasma capsulatum on Microscopy
Dimorphic Fungi. Cultures don't look especially unique (see also: other dimorphs Cocci and
capsulatum on Microscopy ... Dimorphic Fungi ... Histoplasma #capsulatum #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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before age 50) Clinical ... loss (amaurosis fugax ... GiantCell #Arteritis #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology #
Salmonella Aspiration on Microscopy

66 y/o male with history of coronary artery disease presents with abdominal pain.
Aspiration on Microscopy ... Diagnosis ? ... Salmonella #Aspiration #Microscopy ... #clinical #pathology ... #microbiology
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
Descriptions of Endemic Fungal ... yeasts #pathology #clinical ... #atlas #fungi # ... microbiology #differential ... #diagnosis
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
disease ARDS Diagnosis ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... manifestations • MAT microscopic ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
DIC is a clinical ... and laboratory diagnosis ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... Pathology #Smear #Microscopy
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
There are many definitions, but most come down to the presence of granulomas (pathologically or
pathologically or clinically ... inflammation: • Microscopic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... segment - "Gibbus deformity ... dissemination Diagnosis ... of AFB by smear microscopy