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Coccidioidomycosis - coccidioides immitis - Fungal Pathology 

Spherules with multiple endospores - coccidioidomycosis

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#Coccidioidomycosis
- coccidioides immitis ... #coccidioides #immitis
Causes of Terminal Ileitis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infectious: Yersinia spp., Salmonella spp., C.diff, Neutropenic colitis,
Causes of Terminal Ileitis ... Other: UC Backwash ileitis ... #Terminal #Ileitis
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
Causes of ileitis ... fellow Sara Lewin “Ileitis ... Diagnosis #GI #Ileitis
Ileitis on POCUS
Note the thickened wall, fluid content, and lack of plicae circulares.

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#Ileitis
Ileitis on POCUS ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Ileitis
Asymptomatic Ileitis - IBD Algorithm

 • Found on 0.1-21% of non-diagnostic colonoscopies
 • Low likelihood of
Asymptomatic Ileitis ... #Asymptomatic #Ileitis
Traumatic Iritis 
High pressure bottle cap to the eye = traumatic iritis + hyphema
This patient was
Traumatic Iritis ... eye = traumatic iritis ... shows traumatic iritis ... #Traumatic #Iritis
Traumatic Iritis
Clinical 
• Photophobia (hallmark) 
• Decreased visual acuity 
• Painful 
Treatment 
• Steroids 
• Mydriatics
Traumatic Iritis ... Analgesics #Iritis
Endemic Mycoses Summary
 • Blastomyces dermatitidis
 • Histoplasma capsulatum
 • Coccidioides immitis/posadasii
 • Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

by Tim
• Coccidioides immitis
Spectrum of activity for systemic antifungal agents
Antifungals: 5FC, flucytosine; AMB, amphotericin B; ANI, anidulafungin; CAS, caspofungin;
, Coccidioides immitis
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
• Coccidioides immitis