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Cutaneous sporotrichosis (also known as “rose gardener's disease”) is an infection caused by a fungus called
Cutaneous sporotrichosis ... infection caused by a fungus ... #Sporotrichosis ... #Sporothrix #fungal ... #clinical #photo
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Fungal Pathology 

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

UCSD
Sporotrichosis - ... Sporothrix schenckii - Fungal ... surrounding yeasts - sporotrichosis ... Sporothrix #schenckii #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
Common Fungal Pathology ... septations • Sporotrichosis ... Medicine @ucsdim #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... stain of clinical ... Dimorphic fungus ... arthroconidia; the fungus
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
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
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
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis ... Lymphocutaneous sporotrichiosis ... Lymphocutaneous #Sporotrichiosis ... #Infection #clinical
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
cryptococcosis #fungi ... #fungal #clinical
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