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Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Increased protein level ... normal glucose level ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis
Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... #Invasive #Fungal ... #Infections #InfectousDiseases
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
to thrive • Fever ... and joints • Liver ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #management #treatment
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... histoplasmosis Liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... of starting OI treatment ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Summary Dengue Fever ... Presentation: Fever ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
CGD and Mulch Pneumonitis
This acute fulminant invasive fungal pneumonia in absence of iatrogenic or exogenous immunosuppression
fulminant invasive fungal ... Lawn mowing High level ... to aerosolized fungal ... dyspnea, hypoxia, fever ... and evidence of pulmonary
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
include: bacteria, fungi ... • Chlorella Fungi ... dyspnea, possible fever ... or sinus fungus ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
response to a fungal ... Hair loss • Fever ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment