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Fungal Infections - Geographic Distributions
Blastomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Cryptococcus gattii

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Fungal #Infections #Geographic #Distributions #map #geography
Fungal Infections ... Cryptococcus gattii ... BrighamChiefs #Fungal
Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections and Treatment - Yeasts and Dimorphic Fungi

 - @IDAGRAM

#Yeasts #Fungal #Invasive
Overview of Invasive Fungal ... and Dimorphic Fungi ... IDAGRAM #Yeasts #Fungal ... Algorithm #Treatment #Diagnosis ... #Microbiology #Fungi
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Cryptococcus #cryptococcosis
cryptococcosis #fungi ... #fungal #neoformans ... #gattii
Fungal biomarkers
Beta-d-glucan
Aspergillus galactomannan

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com]

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential #Ddx
Fungal biomarkers ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #Fungal #Fungi
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
Important Fungal ... and chitin in fungal ... visualization of fungal ... microscopy #staining #diagnosis ... #fungi #fungus
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
ß-D-glucan: • Most fungi ... Most specific for diagnosing ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis ... #Fungus #Fungi ... #Fungal
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
: • Direct fungal ... neoformans / C. gattii ... SPOROTRICHOSIS Dimorphic fungus ... arthroconidia; the fungus ... InfectiousDiseases #Fungal
Endemic Mycoses Summary
 • Blastomyces dermatitidis
 • Histoplasma capsulatum
 • Coccidioides immitis/posadasii
 • Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

by Tim
uw_IMresidency #Mycoses #fungi ... #infections #diagnosis ... #fungal #comparison
Morphology of Fungal Infections in Tissues
Fungal infections with hyphae or pseudohyphae in tissues:
 • Yeasts with
Morphology of Fungal ... Infections in Tissues Fungal ... septations Endemic fungal ... #Morphology #Fungal ... #differential #diagnosis
Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... Characteristics, Diagnostic ... #Invasive #Fungal ... InfectousDiseases #Diagnosis