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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Risk Factors, Disease ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... , Coccidiodes, Fusarium ... #Infections #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... are caused by members ... Diseases Fellows ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
Fusarium Infections ... : • Optimal treatment ... Diseases Fellows ... #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Fusarium Treatment
 • Antifungal "susceptibility" can vary with Fusarium spp
 • F. oxysporum: low MICS to
Fusarium Treatment ... for disseminated disease ... Diseases Fellows ... #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Blastomyces - Dermatitidis ... #management #treatment
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Diagnosis and Management ... over course of disease ... Precipitants: Infection ... Encephalopathy #Grading ... #Classification
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
conjunctivitis, keratitis ... • Infections ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... affected tissue Treatment ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG)
50 M Crohn’s dz had a small pustule on the ankle 4 mo ago
complex neutrophilic dermatosis ... Management of PG ... PG secondary treatment ... Indiana University Infectious ... #PG #clinical #photo