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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Cryptococcus, Sporothrix, Blastomycosis ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Cryptococcus, Blastomycosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces ... - Acute pulmonary ... - Chronic pulmonary ... • Management - Pulmonary ... management #summary #fungal
Blastomycosis - Blastomyces dermatitidis - Fungal Pathology 

Round, double refractile wall, single broad based bud -
Blastomycosis - ... dermatitidis - Fungal ... broad based bud - Blastomycosis ... UCSD Internal ... #dermatitidis #Fungal
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
Common Fungal Pathology ... endospores • Blastomycosis ... positive capsules UCSD ... Medicine @ucsdim #Fungal
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
rhinocleromatis) Fungus ... infection • Blastomycosis ... infections #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Nocardia) - Endemic Fungi ... Histoplasmosis, blastomycosis ... Others: - Pulmonary ... abnormalities (Pulmonary ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #pulmonary
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
include: bacteria, fungi ... • Chlorella Fungi ... or sinus fungus ... blastomycosis ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
presentations: • Pulmonary ... Management #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
tuberculosis, Blastomycosis ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
) • Fungi: Aspergillus ... Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases