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Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Blastomycosis Summary ... prostatitis and epididymoorchitis ... TheIDtrivia #Blastomycosis
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces ... Acute pulmonary blastomycosis ... Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis ... involvement in blastomycosis ... FatimaAlDee #Blastomycosis
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Ulcerative Blastomycosis ... Blastomycosis +biopsy ... /itraconazole Blastomycosis ... #Ulcerative #Blastomycosis
Fungal Infections - Geographic Distributions
Blastomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Cryptococcus gattii

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#Fungal #Infections #Geographic #Distributions #map #geography
Distributions Blastomycosis
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Cryptococcus, Sporothrix, Blastomycosis ... Cryptococcus, Blastomycosis
Antifungal Polyenes - Amphoterecin B, Abelcet, Ambisome - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: binds ergosterol in membrane and
Histoplasmosis/Blastomycosis
Hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
In sarcoidosis the common pattern is right paratracheal and bilateral hilar adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign').
In
Hodgkin disease, blastomycosis
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Histoplasmosis, blastomycosis
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
infection • Blastomycosis
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
endospores • Blastomycosis