{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Answers from the Lab","title":"Endemic fungal infections in North America: Elitza Theel, Ph.D.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c8733d27\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":791,"description":"In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, and Elitza Theel, Ph.D., director of the Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, discuss endemic fungal infections that can be found in North America, specifically blastomycosis and histoplasmosis. \nSpecific topics of discussion include:\nThe basics of Blastomyces and Histoplasma fungi, which can cause serious lung infections.\nThe recent blastomycosis outbreak at a Michigan paper mill.\nHow these fungal infections are diagnosed in the laboratory.\nThe cost-effectiveness of testing for the two pathogens with a single assay, and the importance of test stewardship.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jhRCftFebxnTMwoIbA_WoqrSKwFRD_Y2kbh0JDjhx14/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYjNj/ZDc0NTE0MWNlOWRl/YzRiN2Q3NDg2Mjg5/YWE4MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}