ID Board Review/Fungi

Fungi account for 5% of the ABIM ID Certification Exam.[1] Based off the ABIM blueprint, therapies, specific diagnostic testing and syndromes may be emphasized more than Bacterial or Viral Diseases.

Yeasts

  • Candida spp
  • Cryptococcus
  • Other yeasts
    • Trichosporon
    • Saccharomyces

Endemic mycoses

  • Histoplasma
  • Blastomyces dermatitidis
  • Coccidioides spp
    • Coccidioides immitis
    • Coccidioides posadasii
  • Sporothrix schenckii
  • Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
  • Talaromyces marneffei (Previously Penicillium marneffei)

Molds

Superficial and subcutaneous mycoses

  • Mycetoma
  • Chromoblastomycosis
  • Malassezia
  • Dermatophytes

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP)

Therapy

  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Drug interactions
  • Spectrum
  • Toxicity
  • Prophylaxis
  • Susceptibility testing
  • Drug resistance

Diagnostic testing

  • Histopathology
  • Culture
  • Nonculture methods

Syndromes

  • Mucosal
  • Skin
  • Pulmonary
  • Central nervous system and eyes
  • Cardiac
  • Disseminated
  1. ↑ https://www.abim.org/Media/mucpauyz/infectious-disease.pdf
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