Liam Shared "Fungal Pneumonia" - 7 Picmonics
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Fungal Pneumonia
- Characteristics
- Fungi
- Monomorphic
- Septate Hyphae
- Branch at Acute Angles
- Fruiting Bodies
- Disease
- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
- Eosinophilia
- Increased IgE
- Glucocorticoids +/- Azoles
- Pulmonary Aspergillosis
- TB Cavity
- Lung Aspergilloma
- Hemoptysis
- Invasive Aspergillosis
- AIDS/Immunocompromised
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Hemorrhagic Infarction
- Necrotizing Bronchopneumonia
- Voriconazole +/- Caspofungin
- Characteristics
- Fungi
- Irregular Non-septate Hyphae
- Branching Wide Angles over 90 degrees
- Signs and Symptoms
- Leukemic Patients
- Proliferate due to excess ketones and glucose
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Rhinocerebral frontal lobe abscess
- Penetrate cribriform plate into brain
- Black Necrotic Eschars on Face
- Characteristics
- Monomorphic
- Encapsulated
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Narrow-Based Buds
- Latex Agglutination
- Pigeons
- India Ink
- Mucicarmine stain
- Signs and Symptoms
- AIDS/Immunocompromised
- Meningitis
- Soap Bubble Lesions in Brain
- Pneumonia
- Treatment
- Fluconazole
- Flucytosine
- Amphotericin
- Fungi
- AIDS/Immunocompromised
- Fever
- Hypoxemia
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Biopsy
- Methenamine Silver Stain
- Saucer/cup shaped yeast forms
- Diffuse interstitial pneumonia CXR
- TMP-SMX
- Start prophylaxis when CD4 drops under 200
- Fungi
- 2-5 um
- Yeast Cells within Macrophages
- Starling Bird Poop
- Bat Poop
- Caves
- Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys
- Pneumonia
- Caseating Granuloma
- Erythema Nodosum
- Characteristics
- Fungi
- Hyphae Form at 20°-25°C
- Yeast Form at 37°C
- Round Yeast
- 5-15 Micrometer (um or μm)
- Single Broad-Based Buds
- Thick Doubly-Refractive Walls
- East of the Mississippi River and Around the Great Lakes
- Signs and Symptoms
- Pneumonia
- Skin Infection
- Bone Infection
- Granulomatous Response
- Treatment
- Itraconazole
- Amphotericin B
- Characteristics
- Fungi
- Dimorphic
- Southwest
- After earthquakes
- Spherule
- 20-60 um
- Signs and Symptoms
- Pneumonia
- Meningitis
- Bone Infection
- Skin infections
- Erythema Nodosum
- Granulomatous Inflammation
- Caseous Necrosis
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