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Podcast: The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
Episode: #495 Fungal Infections -Histo/Blasto/Cocci with Dr. Andrej Spec
Description: Why we need to stop calling them “endemic” mycoses & more fungi fun!
Feeling muddled about endemic mycoses? We tackle the clinical presentation of diseases like histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis, the importance of testing, and how to diagnose fungal infections with our esteemed guest Dr. Andrej Spec, MD!
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Show Segments
Introduction and icebreaker, Fish Club?! 00:00
Case 1 from Kashlak 07:27
Diagnostic framework for dimorphic fungi 11:58
Imaging presentations for fungal pneumonia, diagnostic schemas 18:23
Testing options 27:48
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