3 results
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Septic Emboli, Fungal ... Nocardia Chronic (≥ 12 ... Infections: TB, NTB, Fungal ... cancer, Metastatic
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
presentation of TB, lung ... cancer, and histoplasmosis ... Itraconazole 6-12 ... Itraconazole x 6-12 ... management #summary #fungal
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... isavuconazole BLASTOMYCOSIS ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs