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Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
& Mississippi river ... inoculation • Clinical ... community-acquired pneumonia ... Amphotericin B for 1-2 ... management #summary #fungal
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
Live 12-week ruptured ... an IUP or not. #2 ... at the bedside #3 ... Transvaginal #Pelvic #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... lives in moist soil ... The Disease: • Pulmonary ... Culture 3) Ag
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
• Cytopenia: 2% ... salivary ducts Clinical ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... biliary cirrhosis: 3% ... Lymphoma, Cytopenia: 2%
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... has five major clinical ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... stain of clinical
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... was placed on 3 ... /50 Rule (part 2) ... seen on a CXR.2 ... bleeding often from a liver