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GMS, PAS on histopath - narrow-based budding w/ large capsule

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crypto

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acellular, foamy, eosinophilic, intra-alveolar exudates on H&E

GMS/PAS stains on path = cysts (diff from alveolar proteinosis)

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PJP

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RF a/w chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (disfiguring hyperkeratotic lesions, can have stricturing of esophagus)

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Autoimmune regular (AIRE) gene mutation

STAT1 mutation

IL-7 receptor mutation

Dectin-1 deficiency

TLR-3 defect

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chronic mucocutaneous candidasis

hypoPTH

adrenal insufficiency

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autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidasis-ectodermal dystrophy/dyplasia (APECED)

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Concerning/unique SEs of:

  • itra
  • vori
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  • itra - heart failure, cardiomyopathy
  • vori - CNS and visual disturbances
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Interpretation of histo Abs

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H and M bands via immunodiffusion

M band: becomes + sooner. Seen with ANY exposure. persists for yrs

H band: only seen >20%. VERY spec for dissimen, chronic cavitary, severe acute pulm disease. Clears w/in 6mos

  • H+M = active histo
  • M alone = early/chronic disease
  • >1:32 = highly sensitive for active infection
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FP results with histo Ag

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  • blasto (commonly used to dx blasto)
  • cocci
  • talaromycosis
  • paracocci
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FP results with CrAg

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(esp w/ latex agglutination methods)

  • Trichosporon asahii
  • Rothia
  • Capnocytophaga
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What are testing for with galactomannan?

What results in FP?

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IAI

  • FP: fusarium, penicillium, histo
  • can have FP w/ zosyn or augmentin (though not in formulations after 2010)
  • also w/ IVIG
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Fungi that will/may test + with beta-D-glucan

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  • candida and invasive aspergillosis
  • may see with histo and PJP as well

**(will always test negative with crypto and zygomycetes)

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Generally considered a positive beta-D-glucan test

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>80 pg/mL

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Ampho-R Fungi

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  • C lusitaniae
  • some isolates of C auris
  • some fusarium spp (why empir AMB+VCZ)
  • aspergillus terreus
  • some scedosporium
  • all lemontospora prolificans
  • sporothrix
  • pseudallescharia boydii
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fever + skin lesions (starting as cellulitis, sometimes around toenails)

pt in engraftment period post-HSCT

dx and tx

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Fusarium

empiric AMB + vori (diff spp have varying susc)

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S China

SE Asia

a/w AIDS and IC hosts

cultures w/ red diffusible pigment

Clin: dissemination, skin, CNS, bone

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talaromyces

  • small oval non-budding yeast at 37C
  • smooth conidiophores w/ 4-5 terminal metulae at 25-30C (above pic)
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S America (male, farmer predominance)

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Paracocci

large round thick-walled yeast w/ budding = ship’s wheel appearance at 37C (body temp)

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SW US

N Mexico

Central/South America

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Cocci

  • round, thick-walled spherules containing endospores at 37C
  • (septated branched hyphae w/ thick-walled arthroconidia at 25-30C)
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MS and OH River valleys

St Lawrence Seaway

Africa, Asia, S America

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Blastomyces

broad-based buddying yeast (37C = body temp)

(septated branched hyphae at 25-30C)

The B’s: broad based budding, breath (PNA), bone, brain, body (skin)

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MS, OH River valleys

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Histo

small oval budding yeast at 37C = body temp (2-5um)

septated hyphae w/ round/pear shaped microconidia at 25-30C

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BSI

(rarely causes disease except when a/w probiotic use)

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Saccharomyces

unicellular, globose, ellipsoid-elongated blastoconidia

multipolar budding

*cases of misID. If not on MALDI, consider C auris

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  • orange, red, “coral red” growth
  • unicellular blastoconidia, globose-elongated shape
  • no hyphae/pseudohyphae

Rhodotorula

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Geotrichum

causes BSI, PNA in neutropenic pts

arthroconidia are unicellular/in chains/rectangle/barrel shaped

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Trichosporon

  • septated hyphae/pseudohyphae
  • barrel-shaped arthroconidia (a sexual spore that is formed by breaking up of a hypha at point of septation
  • pleomorphic budding yeast
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  • round budding yeast + capsule
  • NO hyphae/pseudohyphae
  • India ink, GMS/PAS

Crypto

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Candida

  • round-oval yeast w/ pseudohyphea
  • clusters of blastoconidia at septa
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important susc patterns in Candida spp: * glabrata * krusei * parapsilosis * lusitaniae
* R fluc, S ech * R fluc, S ech. ?dec AMB * Incr MIC ech, S to fluc. **Strong biofilm producer** * R AMB, S to fluc and ech
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solitary lung cavity + eos meningitis
cocci
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previously healthy adults w/ indolent ulcerative crusted skin lesions + asx pulmonary infiltrate
consider blasto
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near drowning pt (or immunosuppressed)
**_scedosporiosis_** ## Footnote tx: vori **(\*\*AMB resistant)**
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**GMS Stain** neutropenic pt w/ red, tender skin nodules --\> _rapidly_ spreads
Fusarium
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**Reverse Halo Sign** consider mucor in right pt and presentation
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broad, variable non-septated hyphae not well-vis here, but will have **right-angle branching** * dx * RF * tx
**_mucor_** * inhaled spores into lung/paranasal sinuses * RF: prolonged neutropenia, steroids, poorly controlled DM * TX: AMB \*\*can mimic cavernous sinus thrombosis following sinusitis
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Neutropenic patient
ecthyma gangrenosa aspergillosis
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long hyphae, few septations = **aspergillus**
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Ddx
disseminated lesions w/ central ulceration * crypto * muluscum * talaormycosis
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Thailand, S China bamboo rats skin lesions, LN, liver, spleen, bone dx and tx
**_Talaromycosis_** * dx: **methenamine silver** of skin/tissue, blood cx (1-2wks) * divide by **binary fission** (no budding) - seen in above pic * tx: AMB then itra
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_children_: acute/subacute F, wt loss, LAD, HSM, often skin/mucosal lesions _adults_: farms of Latin America, indolent w/ skin/mucosal lesions + asx infiltrates on CXR
paracocci ## Footnote can be latent for decades
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blasto
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**thick-walled broad-based budding** moist earth near rivers, beaver dams acute PNA vs indolent progressive PNA that disseminates (skin, bone, **male GU tract - prostate, epididymitis**) MW, Great Lakes, Canada
blasto
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chronic bone, CNS, or skin infection purulent eosinophilia
consider cocci in right geography
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think cocci if right geography
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**Cocci** 1. cocci arthrospore 2. cocci spherule on HE (big, no budding)
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acute PNA +/- arthalgias or erythema nodosum _often_ residual nodule/**thin walled** pulm cavity persists _if disseminated_: bone, skin, chronic (eosinophilic) meningitis CA valley, AZ, NM, S Texas (Rio Grande), S America
think coccidiomycosis ## Footnote tx fluc if CNS (non-men = itra)
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Manifestations of disseminated histo
* subacute fever, pancytopenia, hypoadrenalism, miliary lung lesions * IE * chronic meningitis * 1/4 causes have oral/mucosal lesions * tongue and penile lesions (can look like SCC)
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pneumonitis +/- mediastinal or hilar LAD
consider acute pulmonary histo!
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stains that detect histo
Wright's stain - blood GMS or PAS in tissue
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Areas of disseminated blasto
* seen in 25-75% pts (\>\>\>histo or cocci) * skin = most common * single/mult, papular/pustular * chronic = ulcerative or verrucous * predilection for the face (esp nasolabial folds) * osteoarticular * chronic osteo - long bones, axial * septic arthritis * spinal (epidural, paravertebral, or psoas abscess) * GU - epididymoorchitis or chronic prostatitis (rare in women) * CNS (5-10% of disseminated cases)
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stains for blasto
sputum/BAL - KOH or calcofluor white tissue - GMS, PAS **large (8-15um) yeast with broad-based budding**
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fever, fatigue, cough, pelurisy, dyspnea high ESR and peripheral eos (10-15%)
consider cocci in right epi setting (acute pulmonary cocci)
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Ddx for sporothrichoid lesion (nodular lymphangitis)
* sporotrichosis * nocardia * M marinum * leishmania
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septate hyphae - nearly parallel to one another dichotomous branching at 45º angles
aspergillus
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banana-shaped macroconidia typical of fusarium
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ribbon-like hyphae of mucor irregular branching
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near-drowning in dirty fresh water PNA + CNS
scedosporium
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extensive pseudomembranous or ulcerative lesions in the tracheobronchial tree in liver tx pts
ulcerative aspergillus tracheobronchitis
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toe cellulitis surrounding onychomycosis neutropenic patient
Fusariosis
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refractory fever in neutropenic pt w/ metastatic skin lesions at different stages
consider fusarium
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