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Dermatophytes
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
11/13/2013

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Term
Dermatophyes
Definition

Fungal agents of clinical importance in vet setting

 

Invades hair, skin and nails

 

Grow on outside of hair shaft

 

ZOONOTIC

 

Microsporum canis and gypseum

Term
Types of Yeasts
Definition

Candida

 

Apergillus

Term
Dermatophyte Equipment
Definition

Woods lamp - flouresce some species of microsporum - lime green

 

Lactophenol cotton blue stain

 

Culture media (DTM) - turns red

Term
Dermatophyte Testing
Definition

Clean skin lesion

 

Broken hair shafts and dry scale skin is best

 

Cap lose on media - first sign of color change, make slide

Term
Exudates
Definition

Any fluid that flows from the circulatory system in lesions or areas of inflammation

 

Thick - pus, mucus

 

Cloudy, turbid

 

Sp gravity > 1.020

 

TP > 3 g/dl

 

Cellular material

 

Term
Transudate
Definition

Fluid that passes through a membrane which filters out much of the protein and cellular elements to yield a watery solution

 

Increases pressure in capilaries and accumulates outside of vessels

 

Plurel cavity, parential cavity, paracardial sac

 

Clear and very little cellular materal

 

Sp gravity < 1.012 and TP < 3g/dl

Term
Examples of Transudates
Definition

Ascites

 

Pleural effusion

 

CHF

Term
Example of Exudates
Definition

Pus

 

Chyle

 

Malignant tumors

 

Mucus

Term
Synovial Fluid
Definition

Lub and cusion for joints

 

Transudate

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