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#179 Invasive Fungal Disease: 5 Pearls Segment

11 Jun 2025 · 45 min

🔹 What is invasive fungal disease, and who is most at risk for developing invasive fungal disease? (~ 02:46)

🔹 What are the main classes of fungi? (~11:35)

🔹 What are the pros and cons of B-D Glucan and Galactomannan (~19:16)

🔹 How to increase the yield of blood cultures? How to interpret yeast growth in sputum/BAL and urine cultures? (~ 30:42)

🔹 How is invasive fungal disease treated? (~ 35:14)

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Tags: CoreIM, IMCore, Infectious Disease, Hospital Medicine, Hospitalist, ICU, Medical Education, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Medical Student, mold

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