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Borrelia recurrentis Infection - Spirochetes were visible (arrows), a finding that suggested louseborne relapsing fever #Clinical
Borrelia recurrentis ... fever #Clinical #Pathology ... BorreliaRecurrentis #Borrelia ... Recurrentis #Smear #Microscopy
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
Important Fungal ... and chitin in fungal ... visualization of fungal ... preparation from culture Pathology ... #microbiology #microscopy
SMARCB1-deficient sinonasal carcinoma: high grade tumors with varying proportions of basaloid and plasmacytoid/rhabdoid cells; CK+, SMARCB1
SMARCB1 (INI1) loss, variable ... sinonasal #Carcinoma #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
Common Fungal Pathology ... Medicine @ucsdim #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy #table
Candida - Fungal Pathology 

Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae - candida

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#candida #Candidiasis #Fungal
Candida - Fungal ... Pathology Small ... #Candidiasis #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Borrelia recurrentis ... fever caused by Borrelia ... rearranged and variably ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy ... #pathology #clinical
Aspergillosis - Aspergillus - Fungal Pathology 

Septate hyphae, forms conidial heads - aspergillosis

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#aspergillosis
Aspergillus - Fungal ... Pathology Septate ... #Aspergillus #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
• Viscosity: Variable ... membrane histo-anthology ... and culture • Fungal ... : Fungal stain and
Coccidioidomycosis - coccidioides immitis - Fungal Pathology 

Spherules with multiple endospores - coccidioidomycosis

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#Coccidioidomycosis
coccidioides immitis - Fungal ... Pathology Spherules ... coccidioides #immitis #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Mucorales (Mucormycosis) - Fungal Pathology 

Ribbon-like hyphae with right angle branching, rare septations — mucorales

UCSD Internal
Mucormycosis) - Fungal ... Pathology Ribbon-like ... #Mucormycosis #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy