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Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... 40% Invasive Disease ... endocarditis Local Disease
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Summary of Oncologic ... > 4 days → add fungal ... interventional radiology ... → no immediate treatment ... renal failure, pulmonary
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Valvular heart disease ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... remains unknown • Final ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
periods after rain ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... disease: no treatment ... nodule/cavity: no treatment ... management #summary #fungal
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
of prior silent pulmonary ... Standard treatment ... University Infectious Diseases ... meningitis #T2 #MRI #Brain ... #clinical #radiology