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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... Risk Factors, Disease ... First-Line Treatment Aspergillus ... Fungal #Infections #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Invasive Aspergillus ... A.fumigatus species complex ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #Diagnosis #Management ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
disease • Pregnancy ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Blood culture (Invasive ... disease) • CSF ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
disease • Pregnancy ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Blood culture (Invasive ... disease) • CSF ... #management #infectiousdiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Cervical cancer, invasive ... Cytomegalovirus disease ... Mycobacterium avium complex ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #List
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Ischemic heart disease ... : - Known CV disease ... Structural heart disease ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Disease ... since cART) Aspergillus ... angioinvasive disease ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
ASPERGILLOSIS • Aspergillus ... Ampho resistant) Invasive ... of 30% to 40% Invasive ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
List of Zoonotic ... Diseases Armadillos ... #differential #diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
List of Zoonotic ... Diseases Armadillos ... #differential #diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list