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Infectious Disease

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Fungal arthritis etiology   often immunocompromised pts; chronic indolent course; endemic dimorphic fungi in gardeners / occupations w/exp to soil  
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Fungal arthritis: Candida: RFs   surg procedures, joint injections, critical illness (knee, hip or shoulder); IVDUs: spine, SI joints  
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Fungal arthritis: non-candida agents:   Aspergillus, Cryptococcus, Pseudallescheria, dematiaceous fungi  
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In patients with asthma or CF. Thick brown tenacious mucus plugs in sputum   Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis  
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Aspergilloma occurs when:   Fungus colonizes existing cavitary pulmonary lesions. Often invades blood vessels and may present with hemoptysis  
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Disseminated aspergillosis sx/sx   In immunocompromised pt. Pleuritic chest pain, cough, necrotic skin lesions, tissue infarction, wound infections, brain abscesses  
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Dimorphic fungus infecting men in water, by inhalation of mold from rotting wood & soil:   Blastomycosis  
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Blastomyces is found where?   SE, central, & midwest US  
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Common forms of Blastomycosis   Pulmonary most common. Hematogenous usually bone, skin, GU  
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Verrucous, crusted, or ulcerated skin lesions leave a central scar with healing in:   Blastomycosis  
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Coccidioides pathology   Inhalation of highly infectious athroconida (hyphae of the mold form). Common opportunist in HIV patients  
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Coccidiomycosis clinical features   Resp sxs, pulmonary cavitations & abscesses. pain/swelling of knees & ankles, erythema nodosum.  
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People most often affected by Coccidiomycosis / disseminated infection:   African Americans, Filipinos, PG women  
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Respiratory infection from pigeon & other bird droppings in immunocompromised patients   Cryptococcus  
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Cryptococcus clinical features   HA first sx of meninoencephalitis; papilledema. Resp infxns often asymptomatic. 95% of HIV patients are positive  
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Dimorphic fungus in soil contaminated with bat/bird droppings in Ohio & Mississippi River valleys   Histoplasmosis  
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Histoplasmosis clinical features   Resembles flu. Acute dz 9often epidemic): 1-6 weeks, fever & prostration.  
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Diffuse PNA on CXR with few pulmonary symptoms =   Histoplasmosis  
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Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis clinical features:   Involves all organs & is usually fatal. Fever, SOB, wt loss, HSM, bloody diarrhea.  
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Chronic progressive pulmonary histoplasmosis occurs in:   Older patients with COPD  
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Dermatophytosis organisms   Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton spp; most common = Trichophyton rubrum  
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