Febrile #69 – Investigating IFI
Drs. Ralph Tayyar and Jessica Ferguson discuss the challenges of investigating invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts and interpreting noninvasive fungal markers!
Read our comprehensive Consult Notes here! You’ll find summaries of the learning points and pearls from the episode with links to references. Plus, you’ll discover each guest’s little piece of “culture” too!
Drs. Ralph Tayyar and Jessica Ferguson discuss the challenges of investigating invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts and interpreting noninvasive fungal markers!
We’re back! For the first episode of 2023, join Drs. Zach Lorenz, Morgan Walker, and Olivia Kates as they share lessons from a fungal case in the ICU.
Drs. Pratik Patel, Kevin Messacar, and Robin Patel provide a primer on molecular diagnostics, from the basics of DNA and RNA to navigating PCR and metagenomic next generation sequencing.
Drs. Jillian Hayes and Erin McCreary join for this crossover episode of Febrile & SIDP Breakpoints!
Drs. Pratik “Tik” Patel and Joshua Wolf discuss a case of an immunocompromised teenager with hypoxia.
Drs. Jordan Mah and Ilan Schwartz unravel a case of a patient with fevers and miliary pattern on chest imaging.
Drs. Mohamed Bohlega and Varun Phadke share how to sort and develop your differential diagnosis for culture negative infective endocarditis!
With Dr. Saira Butt, we cover some great ID learning resources and discuss a few mini cases and pearls!
Ch-check out Drs. Kevin He and John Perfect as they discuss a fungal case
What infections tie together brain and lung lesions? Follow our guest, Dr. Gerome Escota, as he travels the winding road through this complicated case.