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Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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elevated peripheral WBC ... trend response to treatment ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Coccidioidomycosis ... Coccidioides #Diagnosis #workup ... #infectiousdiseases
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... STAT Labs (BMP, CBC ... diagnosis #Management #treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... coagulopathy) • CBC ... gross hematuria, RBC ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
AECOPD) Obtain workup ... comorbidities: • CBC ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other processes Workup ... to order: • CBC ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioidomycosis ... or excavation work ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... disease: no treatment ... nodule/cavity: no treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... a yeast cell Coccidioidomycosis ... • Meningitis Coccidioidomycosis ... Coccidioides antibodies Coccidioidomycosis ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Pregnancy • Outdoor worker ... Farmer and forestry work ... The Disease: • Pulmonary ... serum/urine Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases