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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... infections: Morphology ... Jiroveci, Cryptococcus ... #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Invasive Aspergillus ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... #Aspergillus #IA ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
with Blastomyces dermatitidis ... , Histoplasma, Cryptococcus ... variant of B. dermatitidis ... #microbiology # ... differential #diagnosis
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
Morphology and Descriptions ... with Blastomyces dermatitidis ... , and Aspergillus ... yeasts #pathology #clinical ... microbiology #differential
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Mucorales, Blastomyces dermatidis ... specificity for invasive ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... /Spec ~80% for IA ... BAL GM does not differentiate
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... stain of clinical ... ASPERGILLOSIS • Aspergillus ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections