6 results
Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... Risk Factors, Disease ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... Fungal #Infections #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
disease • Pregnancy ... Blood culture (Invasive ... disease) • CSF ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
disease • Pregnancy ... Blood culture (Invasive ... disease) • CSF ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
and Management ... this morphology Treatment ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
material) > local invasion ... , Disseminated disease ... : • Optimal treatment ... Fusarium #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

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