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Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Transplant Infections ... difficile (gut) • Fungi ... Adenovirus, RSV • Fungi ... reactivation), RSV • Fungi ... #Timeline #differential
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Negative Abscess - Differential ... Scedosporium, endemic fungi ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious
Tinea Versicolor: Scaly well demarcated patches caused by fungal skin infection.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog
patches caused by fungal ... skin infection. ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Blooms (HABs) Skin ... Waterborne filamentous fungi ... Blooms (HABs) • Fungi ... mandrillaris • Fungi ... is biphasic • Clinical
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... Inhalation • Skin ... include: bacteria, fungi ... • Chlorella Fungi ... Soil-related endemic fungi
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
inhalational injury Differential ... Opacities: • Infectious ... - Endemic fungi ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Liver Abscess and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis
Most Common: Polymicrobial, E Coli, Klebsiella, Strep/Enterococcus, Staph, Anaerobes
Infectious Differential:
Staph, Anaerobes Infectious ... bartonella - Fungal ... Candida, endemic fungi ... Fasciola - Non-Infectious ... Diagnosis #hepatology #management
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
fastidious bacteria or fungi ... antimicrobials, clinical ... Tropheryma whipplei, Fungi ... bacteria) and 18S ( fungi ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
component of many fungi ... infection (IFI) ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... closely related fungi
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
Sporotrichiosis Infection ... trauma leads to skin ... biopsy preferred Differential ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection ... #clinical #photo