Mycology Flashcards
What is suggestive of invasive aspergillosis
CT finding of Halo “sign”
What patients do you expect with a asperigillosis infection?
Immunocomprimised
Post-Organ transplant
what is the treatment for mild and severe blastomycosis?
Mild: itraconazole
Severe: amphotericin B
CNS: Amphotericin B
What is the geographic area of Coccidioidomycosis?
SW US and Mexico
Disturbed Soils
Coccidioidomycosis Presentation?
Desert Rheumatism Triad?
Arthralgia
Fever
Erythema Nodosum
What are the patients who are infected with cryptococcus
Immunocompromised
What is the severity of disease of cryptococcosis?
c. gattii > c. neoformans
What is the presentation of cryptococcosis
CNS:
headache
confusion
nuchal rigitity
What is the treatment for cryptococcosis
Amphotericin B followed by fluconazole
When do you step down ffrom amphotericin b to fluconazole w/ the treatment of cryptococcosis
Conversion of CSF cultures to negative
What differentiates asperigillosis and mucormycosis?
Asperigillosis= halo mucormycosis= reverse halo
What is something you can get when stuck my thorns in the garden?
Sporotrichosis
Sporotrichosis
Lymphocutaneous disease occurs as infection spreads up lymphatic channels with development of secondary lesions and subsequent ulcerations
