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By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
Microbiology #Micro #Cryptococcus ... #cryptococcosis ... #fungi #fungal
Cryptococcosis - Cryptococcus Neoformans - Fungal Pathology 

Narrow- budding yeast with mucicarmine positive capsules — cryptococcus
Cryptococcosis - ... Cryptococcus Neoformans ... - Fungal Pathology ... #Cryptococcosis ... #Neoformans #Fungal
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
Microbiology #Micro #Cryptococcus ... #cryptococcosis ... #fungi #fungal
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
Microbiology #Micro #Cryptococcus ... #cryptococcosis ... #fungi #fungal
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... Fluconazole CRYPTOCOCCUS ... level, presence of cryptococcal ... CSF and serum Cryptococcal ... highly sensitive Cryptococcosis
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
Important Fungal ... polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus ... detection for cryptococcal ... mucopolysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus ... cell walls of Cyptococcus
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Mycobacteria - Fungal ... : Aspergillus, Cryptococcus ... : Cryptococcus, ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Coccidiomycosis, Cryptococcus
Fungal Pneumonias - Diagnosis Comparison Table
 • Aspergillus
 • Blastomyces
 • Candida
 • Coccidioides
 • Cryptococcus
Fungal Pneumonias ... Coccidioides • Cryptococcus ... TheIDtrivia #Fungal
Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... Jiroveci, Cryptococcus ... #Invasive #Fungal
Fungal Infections - Geographic Distributions
Blastomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Cryptococcus gattii

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Fungal #Infections #Geographic #Distributions #map #geography
Fungal Infections ... Histoplasmosis Cryptococcus ... BrighamChiefs #Fungal