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Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides ... Valley Fever - Summary ... periods after rain/storms ... - Mild pulmonary ... #summary #fungal
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Lung ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Cryptococcus - Coccidioides ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

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