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Aspergillosis - Aspergillus - Fungal Pathology 

Septate hyphae, forms conidial heads - aspergillosis

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#aspergillosis
Aspergillus - Fungal ... UCSD Internal ... #Aspergillus #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis ... cystic fibrosis • Aspergillus ... WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... Bronchopulmonary #Aspergillosis ... ABPA #pulmonary #diagnosis
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
(IA) - Diagnosis ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... : • Pulmonary aspergillosis ... specificity for aspergillosis ... #IA #Diagnosis
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
pseudohyphae • Aspergillosis ... positive capsules UCSD ... Fungal #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy #table
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
exceptions are Aspergillus ... sensitive as Ag detection ... #microbiology #microscopy ... #staining #diagnosis
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... dissemination Diagnosis ... excisional biopsy - Detection ... of AFB by smear microscopy
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... flucytosine ASPERGILLOSIS ... • Aspergillus ... resistant) Invasive aspergillosis