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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 ... Specificity #Laboratory #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Fungus ... #Fungi #Fungal
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... SPOROTRICHOSIS Dimorphic fungus ... COCCIDIOMYCOSIS • Dimorphic fungus ... arthroconidia; the fungus ... #Fungal #Diagnosis
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
wound) Human Stages ... blood and in the lungs ... microfilariae) Fly Stages ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Double-stranded RNA • Fungi ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Safe Living After Transplant: Respiratory hygiene / respiratory infection prevention
 • Wear a mask when around
of exposure to fungal ... spores Aspergillus ... potentially other fungi ... infection #prevention #InfectiousDiseases
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... basins, midwestern states ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
valley fever, is a fungal ... southwestern United States ... spherules in the lungs ... ) • skin • bones ... Diagnosis #Management #infectiousdiseases