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describe the etiology of the disease seen in the image

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  • etiology:
    • inhalation of spores in bird and bat droppings (caves)
      • Ohio, Appalachia, Mississippi River Valley
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describe the most specific test for the condition seen in the image

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latex agglutination test using antibodies = most specific

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____ causes the disease seen in the image

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Streptococcal pneumonia causes lobar pneumonia in healthy young adults exposed to cold, strain, exhaustion

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describe the populations most at risk for the disease seen in the image

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children, elderly, bedridden, immunocompromised, hospitalized

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describe the investigations for the disease seen in the image

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  • investigation:
    • histoplasma antigens in blood and urine by PCR
    • biopsy: intracellular organism
      • acute = in PMNs
      • chronic = budding yeast in macrophages (increased pH to survive)
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describe the pathogenesis of the disease seen in the image

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  • pathogenesis:
    • inhalation of spores → tropism for endothelial cells of blood vessels → angio-invasive → disseminated → endothelial damage → thrombosis → ischemia → hypoxia
      • most common in cerebral hemispheres: red infarct
      • lung, GI, sinuses
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describe the etiology of the image

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  • etiology: S. aureus and S. pyogenes
    • contact with fomites, patients with poor hygiene
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describe the etiology of the disease seen in the image

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Rocky Mountain Spotted fever (viral)

  • etiology: Rickettsia rickettsii (obligate intracellular bacteria)
    • transmitted by tick bites (seen mainly in campers/hikers)
    • predilection for endothelial cells and smooth muscles of arterioles
    • perivascular inflammatory infiltrate: macrophages, lymphocytes and plasma cells
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describe the pathogenesis of the disease seen in the image

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describe the immune cells found in the disease seen in the image

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  • infiltration of PMNs + lymphocytes + monocytes + giant cells (mixture of acute + chronic in all fungi)
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describe the images seen

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describe the complications of the disease seen in the image

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  • may lead to abscesses, empyema
    • caused by Klebsiella followed by S. aureus
  • complications: sepsis, DIC, lung abscess, empyema, pleural fibrosis
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describe the location on the body of the disease seen in the image

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  • oral thrush: gray-white, dirty gray pseudomembrane
  • esophagitis: seen in AIDS and hematolymphoid malignancies
  • vaginitis: seen in diabetes, pregnancy, oral contraceptive pills
    • itching, soreness, redness, thick (creamy cheese) discharge
  • skin infxn: onychomycosis, paronychia, folliculitis, balanitis, diaper rash
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describe the acute vs chronic form of the disease seen in the image

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  • acute: in immunocompromised patients
    • contained in the lungs; see PMNs
    • asymptomatic or flu-like
  • chronic: presents exactly like TB
    • fever, weight loss, cough with hemoptysis
    • immunocompetent: caseating granuloma (like TB) mostly in upper lobe
      • difference on CXR = multiple foci (buckshot dystrophic calcification)
      • TB only has one focus but x-ray is identical to that of miliary TB
    • immunocompromised pts: disseminated bc cannot form a granuloma to contain it in the lungs
      • go to cells of RES → lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, bone marrow suppression (pancytopenia)
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describe the prognosis of the disease seen in the image

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  • prognosis: based on site of bite (distance from bite site to brain determines prognosis)
    • leg bite has better prognosis than neck bite
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describe the etiology of the disease seen in the image

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  • etiology: RNA virus → bite by bat, dogs, raccoons, foxes, skunks
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which cells are found in the locations affected with the disease seen in the image?

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PMNs + lymphocytes + monocytes + giant cells (mixture of acute + chronic in all fungal infxns)

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impetigo causes direct damage via enzymes _____ and spreads by _____

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impetigo causes direct damage via enzymes hyaluronidase and collagenase and spreads by fomites

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the proclivity of ___ to invade the ___ directly sets it apart from other fungi which reach the ___ by hematogenous dissemination from distant sites

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the proclivity of Mucor to invade the brain directly sets it apart from other fungi which reach the brain by hematogenous dissemination from distant sites

  • Mucor may spread to the brain through vascular invasion or by direct extension through the cribriform plate
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describe the organs affected by the disease seen in the image

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  • most common CMV in AIDS patients: retinitis (CMV retinitis) → cotton wool appearance
    • can also affect lungs (interstitial “atypical” pneumonia), GI (esophagitis), gastritis, duodenitis, colitis
    • most common complication of CMV in organ transplant or kidney/liver → CMV nephritis/hepatitis
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describe the presentation of the disease seen in the image

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  • presentation: loss of consciousness/stupor, hydrophobia, spasms of pharyngeal muscles, respiratory failure (#1 cause of death bc it interferes with respiratory areas in brainstem)
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describe the etiology of the disease seen in the image

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Coxsackie A or B (virus)

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describe the etiology of the disease seen in in the image

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  • Zygomycetes: Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia
    • opportunistic fungi in all immunocompromised
    • prevalent in pts with DKA bc low pH favors growth of organism & availability of glucose
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describe the investigations for the disease seen in the image

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  • investigation: Tzanck smear = scrape vesicle and stain with Giemsa to visualize Tzanck cells (multinucleated giant cells) in syncytia formation
    • intranuclear eosinophil inclusions = Cowdry type A
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describe the investigation for the disease seen in the image
* investigation: * bronchoalveolar lavage & stain with silver stain * black cup-shaped cyst
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describe the investigation for the disease seen in the image
* urine sample, PCR for virus DNA, antibody titers * cytopathic effects (inclusions): cytomegaly (enlarged cell and nucleus), formation of **intranuclear basophilic inclusions (Owl's eyes)**, **intracytoplasmic inclusions which are mostly basophilic**
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describe the complications for the diease seen in the image
* complication: * dilated cardiomyopathy = swollen and can't pump blood * arrhythmias and heart failure if affects conduction fibers
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describe the pathogenesis of the disease seen in the image
* no ischemia * combination of direct damage by virus and damage via immune response/lymphocytic infiltration * more damage done by immune system (indirect damage, CTL cells)
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describe the investigation for the disease seen in the image
* investigation: PCR (virus) after endomyocardial biopsy * note: PCR almost always best for viruses
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describe the presentation of the disease seen in the image
* presentation (1 week after bite): fever, headache, myalgia and vasculitic rash (starts from extremities and moves inward/proximal) * can go to lung or brain and cause endothelial damage → thrombus * skin: hypoxia → ischemia → gangrene * brain: stroke/red infarct * lung: red infarct
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describe the pathogenesis of the disease seen in the image
* inhalation of respiratory droplets → chicken pox → varicella zoster dormant in DRG → activates when immunocompromised * unilateral painful vesicles which follow a single dermatome
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which patients are most at risk for the disease shown in the image?
* opportunistic: diabetic pts, immunocompromised (AIDS) and patients on broad-spectrum antibiotics * invasive form can disseminate → abscesses
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describe the pathogenesis of the disease seen in the image
* pathogenesis: * spores in pigeon droppings → inhalation → granulomas with giant cells * usually involve lungs and brains * inflammatory reaction is absent due to inert capsule * if disseminated → meningitis * NO fever or neck stiffness (bc no inflammation) but WILL see headache, increased intracranial pressure, projective vomiting, photophobia
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describe the presentation of disease in the image
* presentation: **honey-colored crusts on face**
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describe the spread of the disease seen in the image
* contracted via body fluids (transplacental, saliva, urine, breast milk, blood transfusion) and organ transplant or vertically transmitted
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describe the presentation for the disease seen in the image
* presentation: * sero-sangrenous nasal discharge, fever, pain and headache & rhino-facial-palatal necrosis
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describe the presentation of the disease seen in the image
* fever, pleuritic chest pain worse on inspiration, dyspnea, productive cough with bloody sputum
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describe diagnostic tests for the disease seen in the images
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describe a differential for the disease seen in the image
* R. prowazeki: causes epidemic typhus (via lice) * loves endothelial cells and causes thrombosis * difference in rash; starts from trunk and spreads out * Coxiella Burnetti (Q-fever): Negative Weil-Felix test but immunofluorescent * no skin rash & ring granuloma on liver biopsy (fat surrounded by epithelioid cells)
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describe the etiology of the disease seen in the image
* inhalation of aspergillus (mycelial form) * no effect in immunocompetent * A. flavus = aflatoxin & A. fumigatus = gliotoxin
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describe the presentation and outcome of the disease seen in the image
* presentation: flu-like or asymptomatic * common outcome: complete resolution
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describe the course of the disease shown in the picture
* superficial skin infxn affecting only epidermis → complete resoultion (no fibrosis) * S. pyogenes impetigo: 2 weeks after can have hematuria and decreased urinary output (oliguria) → **post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis**
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describe the presentation of the disease seen in the image
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describe the definitive diagnosis of the disease seen in the image
* definitive diagnosis: made on autopsy (Negri bodies - intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusions found in neurons) * not PCR because the virus is found in the neurons
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describe the image seen
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describe the presentation of the disease seen in the image
* depends on organ (transplant affects organ, AIDS patient effects retina more often) * tropism for endothelial cells * intracranial calcifications * polyclonal B cell activator * immunocompetent: infectious mononucleosis
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the disease seen in the image is caused by \_\_\_\_\_
**lobular bronchopneumonia** is caused by **Klebsiella, E. coli, Pseudomonas, Staph**
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describe diagnosis of the disease seen in the image
* squamous epithelium → stain with PAS, silver stain, mucicarmine * budding yeast with pseudohyphae (Chinese letter appearance)
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describe the pathogenesis of the disease seen in the image
* URT infxn → acute bronchitis → spread of inflammatory exudate to adjacent alveoli → **destruction of bronchioles & alveoli** * no macrophages in bronchioles to clean up the debris → scarring
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the disease shown in the image mainly affects \_\_\_
the disease shown in the image mainly affects **AIDS patients (CD4 \<200)**
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describe the pathogenesis of the disease seen in the image
* pathogenesis: * **aspergilloma (fungal ball):** colonize a pre-existing cavity from TB or lung abscess (pneumonia) * **allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis**: type I and type III hypersensitivity * seen in pts with bronchial asthma → inhale → colonizes → causes wheezing, dyspnea, productive cough and fever → exacerbation of asthma * **disseminated aspergillosis**: angio-invasive → ONLY in immunocompromised * invades blood vessel wall → thrombosis → coagulative necrosis * most common organs = brain and lung → stroke and necrotizing pneumonia
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describe the locations where the disease in the image can be found
* GOAT regions: Georgia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee
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describe the images seen
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summarize the differences between lobar pneumonia and bronchopneumonia
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describe the spread of the disease seen in the image within the body
* virus spreads from PNS to CNS via retrograde axonal transport
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describe investigations for the disease seen in the image
* Best investigation = skin biopsy with immunofluorescent staining * 2nd best = Positive Weil-Felix test (latex agglutination test) * indirect test → looks for antibodies
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describe investigations for the disease seen in the image
* investigation: * stain with PAS, silver, mucicarmine * **slender organisms, septate hyphae that branch at acute angles**
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describe the immune cells found in the disease seen in the image
infiltration of PMNs + lymphocytes + monocytes + giant cells (mixture of acute + chronic in all fungi)
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describe the etiology of the disease seen in the image
* etiology: * found in spores in pigeon droppings → opportunistic infxn in immunocompromised HIV patients (CD4 \<100)
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describe the presentation of the disease seen in the image
* presentation: * fever, dyspnea on exertion, **dry cough (because produces "cotton candy" exudate in alveolar space → not able to produce sputum)** & **interstitial pneumonia → inflammation and thickening of alveolar wall w/ sparse mononuclear infiltrate**

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