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Cutaneous sporotrichosis (also known as “rose gardener's disease”) is an infection caused by a fungus called
also known as “rose ... infection caused by a fungus ... called Sporothrix ... Sporotrichosis #Sporothrix ... #fungal #clinical
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Scedosporium, endemic fungi ... Cryptococcus, Sporothrix ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Mycobacteria - Fungal
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic Pleocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Viral: Arbo, Adeno, Herpes, Entero, HIV
Fungal: Cryptococcus, Cocci, Histo,
, Entero, HIV Fungal ... Cocci, Histo, Sporothrix
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
Important Fungal ... and chitin in fungal ... visualization of fungal ... cell response to fungi ... #Fungal #Stains
Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections and Treatment - Yeasts and Dimorphic Fungi

 - @IDAGRAM

#Yeasts #Fungal #Invasive
Overview of Invasive Fungal ... and Dimorphic Fungi ... IDAGRAM #Yeasts #Fungal ... #Microbiology #Fungi
Sporothrix schenckii

Slide culture (coverslip embedded into culture media and stained with Lactophenol cotton blue) - better
Sporothrix schenckii ... richdavisphd #Sporothrix
Fungal biomarkers
Beta-d-glucan
Aspergillus galactomannan

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com]

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential #Ddx
Fungal biomarkers ... Ddx #Diagnosis #Fungal ... #Fungi #BDG #BDGlucan
Christmas Tree Rash of Pityriasis rosea
 - small oval scaling patches
 - Christmas tree pattern
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of Pityriasis rosea ... Rash #Pityriasis #rosea
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Fungal Pathology 

Asteroid bodies (star-like) eosinophilic material surrounding yeasts - sporotrichosis

UCSD
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix ... schenckii - Fungal ... Sporotrichosis #Sporothrix ... #schenckii #Fungal
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
ß-D-glucan: • Most fungi ... inconsistently in other fungi ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis #Fungus ... #Fungi #Fungal