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Coccidioidomycosis - coccidioides immitis - Fungal Pathology 

Spherules with multiple endospores - coccidioidomycosis

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#Coccidioidomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis - coccidioides ... immitis - Fungal ... coccidioidomycosis UCSD ... #immitis #Fungal ... Pathology #clinical #microscopy
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
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Bronchiectasis • Abscess ... Tuberculosis • Fungal ... Malignancy Pulmonary ... polyangiitis / microscopic ... Vascular • Pulmonary
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Nocardia) - Endemic Fungi ... blastomycosis, coccidioides ... polyangiitis, microscopic ... Others: - Pulmonary ... abnormalities (Pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Summary Lung Abscess ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Cryptococcus - Coccidioides ... #pulmonary #differential
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
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Granuloma • Abscess ... Infection: • Fungal ... polyangiitis (GPA) / microscopic ... Algorithm #Causes #Pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... arthroconidia; the fungus ... • Serology for Coccidioides ... InfectiousDiseases #Fungal