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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
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 ... #fungi #fungus
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis ... WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... corticosteroids +/- anti-fungal ... 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 ... Management #treatment #fungal
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
Common Fungal Pathology ... pseudohyphae • Aspergillosis ... positive capsules UCSD ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy #table
Mycoses

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