The thinkblasto's Podcast

Blasting Blasto – treatment of blastomycosis

In this podcast, we discuss how blastomycosis is treated, what medications are used, medication side effects, and how successful is treatment.

Antifungal drugs with activity against Blastomyces include Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, Voriconazole, Posaconazole, Isavuconazonium Sulfate, and Fluconazole.

Caveat: this episode was recorded during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. To follow social distancing guidelines, this recording was done in different locations, which resulted in slight discrepancies in voicing.

Broad-based budding yeast: how to diagnose blastomycosis

In this episode, we will learn about how blastomycosis is diagnosed.

I have a weakened immune system, am I at risk for blastomycosis?

In this podcast, we discuss blastomycosis in persons who have weakened immune systems, which is also known as immunocompromise. This includes patients who have received solid organ transplants, are on chemotherapy to treat cancer, are being treated immunosuppressive medications or on high-dose steroids to treat autoimmune diseases.

 

Caveat: this episode was recorded during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. To follow social distancing guidelines, this recording was done in different locations which has resulted in slight discrepancies in voicing.

Blastomycosis is no blast!

In this episode of Think Blasto! we learn a bit more about where blastomycosis occurs and about its symptoms.

 

Caveat: this episode was recorded during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. To follow social distancing guidelines, this recording was done in different locations which has resulted in slight discrepancies in voicing.

Can a fungus really cause pneumonia?

In this episode of Think Blasto! we will focus on what blastomycosis is, what looks like, where it lives, how it is acquired, and who is at risk for infection.