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Some colleagues from São Paulo are requesting quantification of mycotoxins in the urine for their patients. What for?

89-years old female patient, acute myeloid leukemia, induction chemotherapy. After five days of neutropenia, starts with abdominal pain. Colonoscopy and biopsy(GMS staining) below. Hypothesis?

If RFK Jr. is confirmed. @donttreadonkids.bsky.social

Sometimes we can spot Aspergillus directly from clinical samples. This is a sputum from a patient with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.

This is worrisome. In ten years or less terbinafine will no longer be a treatment option for tinea.

Happy 84th birthday to Anthony Fauci

Merry Christmas!
Feliz Natal!

Thanks for sharing it!

Working with the Brazilian Ministry of Health to treat patients with Jorge Lobo Disease. Most of the patients are illiterate and live in the amazon forest. Some say that lesions appeared after contact with bamboo thorns. The bamboo is called “taboca” in the region.

This is crazy!

It needs to be affordable

Histology, culture, microscopy: Aspergillus fumigatus

When They Hear Plants Cry, Moths Make a Decision A new study suggests that the insects rely on the sounds made by distressed vegetation to guide important reproductive choices.

The absolute wonder of our naturally connected world (as opposed to the unnatural "connectedness" we have forced upon ourselves):

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...

2024 is almost finished. Paper mills continued to publish lot of craps for $$$ in 2024. Congrats to Frontiers.org for allowing the most bizarre scientific illustration to be published in 2024! It was retracted, but anyway, the damage is done.

Yes, humans can be good! Awesome history!
Photos by Claudia Andujar, Inhotim Museum.

Jorge Lobo’s disease is a neglected disease. People from the amazon forest get infected by the fungus Paracoccidioides lobogeorgii. Skin lesions may transform to squamous cell carcinoma. We don’t know yet the best antifungal treatment for that.

Yes, always, forever and ever! We have to replace broken bricks and make it stronger!

Yes!

Cat-human sporotrichosis. The patient got a sick cat from the streets and had a nose scratch.

Herons in front of the fish market, Santos, Brazil.

Yeah, weird, isn’t it!?

45-year-old previous healthy man.
5 days history of fever, myalgia, dry cough.
One week before symptoms was in the amazon forest visiting caves. How would you make the diagnosis and treat the patient?

Yes! And we can’t use “candidemia” anymore

Candida auris or Candidozyma auris? Scientifically, Candidozyma auris is better.

These results require careful evaluation. Cefidericol susceptibility testing is troublesome. They didn’t use iron-depleted MH medium. Therefore, false R may have happened.

Agree 100%

Thanks for sharing it !

What is Histoplasma capsulatum doing there?

Ego and research. Bad balance equals to toxic environment. I do my best to keep it balanced. I respect my peers. Unfortunately, many don’t. My family gives strength to keep on going.

Moreover, heterologous antitoxin (horse) has a risk of anaphylaxis. I saw one and the patient deceased. At the end it was a case of severe mononucleosis. I’ll never forget that!