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Mycobacteria
Microbiology
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Medical
Professional
11/08/2011

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Term
acid fast mycobacteria causing chronic pneumonia

can replicate inside macrophages
granuloma formation
Definition
M. Tb
Term
mycobacteria happens in immunocompromised

acquired from soil and air
Definition
m. avium
Term
This fungus reveals calcified lesion on CXR

located in Miss. and Ohio river valleys

bird and bad droppings
Definition
H. capsulatum
Term
In sputum, broad-based buds cells

do not leave calcified lesions

Eastern half of the US
Definition
B. dermatidis
Term
Located in San Joaquin valley

mostly asymptomatic

spherules
Definition
Coccidoides immititis
Term
Oral thrush

grows in green colonies

CHROM agar
white cottage cheese-like
Definition
Candida
Term
This causes UTI's in pts w/indwelling catheters
Definition
Candida
Term
yeast like cells visualized by India ink

found in soil and bird droppings

chronic meningitis
Definition
Cryptococcus neorormans
Term
People HAVE to be immunocompromised

non productive cough and fever

common secondary dz in AIDS patients
Definition
P. jiroveci
Term
This mold like fungus has septae hyphae that brnach at 45 degree angles

likes to invade blood vessels
Definition
Aspergillus
Term
This mold like fungus grows in broad ribbon like hyphae w/no septa 90 degree angles
Definition
Zygomycetes
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