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chronic infection, usually of feet and lower limbs, from repeated exposure to dematiaceous fungi in contaminated soil.
Cauliflower-like lesions
Caused by Fonseceae spp, Phialophora spp, and Cladosporum spp. |
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infection caused by repeated exposure and traumatic implantation from contaminated soil. usually in hands or feet. Granulomatous with supprative, draining lesions or abscesses.
Caused by Exophiala jeanselmei, Pseudoallescheria boydii/Scedosporium aspiospermum, and Madurella mycetomatis. |
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any subcutaneous infection caused by dematiaceous fungi other than mycetoma and chromoblastomycosis. Keratitis, pulmonary, heart infections, systemic disease.
Wangiella dermatitidis |
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infection of lymphatic system and surrounding subcutaneous tissues. Line of lesions seen on inside of arm or leg. Commonly from rose thorns.
Caused by sporothrix schenckii |
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Phialophora sporulation
Demonstrated by Phialophora verrucosum
and Madurella mycetomatis (when grown on CM) |
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Rhinocladiella type sporulation
Demonstrated by Fonsecaea spp. |
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Rhinocladiella type sporulation
Fonsecaea spp. |
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Cladosporium type sporulation
Demonstrated by Cladosporium spp. and Fonsecaea spp (primarily F. compacta) |
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Cladosporium sporulation
Cladosporium spp. |
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Sclerotic bodies
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Muriform cells
Seen in chromoblastomycosis |
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Fonsecaea spp.
Slow growth (2-3 weeks)
smooth, dark, velvety colonies
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Fonsecaea pedrosi
Septate hyphae, branched, yellow-brown
rhinocladiella type sporulation
Causes chromoblastomycosis |
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Phialophora
Slow growth (2 weeks)
olive green to brown or black
velvety, smooth colonies
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Phialophora verrucosum
Phialophora type sporulation
septate, dark yellow-brown branched hyphae
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Phialophora verrucosum
Phialophora type sporulation
septate, dark yellow-brown branched hyphae
Causes chromoblastomycosis |
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Cladosporium carrionii
Slow growth (3 weeks)
gray-green or purple brown
velvety colonies
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Cladosporium carronii
Dark, septate hyphae
cladosporium type sporulation
Causes chromoblastomycosis |
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Exophiala jeanselmei
slow growth
yeast like
olive to black colonies
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Exophiala jeanselmei
branched conidiophore with tapered ends
elliptical conidia
single-file arrangement alone hyphae
Causes eumycotic mycetoma
Contaminated wood products |
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Exophiala jeanselmei
branched conidiophore with tapered ends
elliptical conidia
single-file arrangement alone hyphae
Causes eumycotic mycetoma
Contaminated wood products |
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Exophiala jeanselmei
branched conidiophore with tapered ends
elliptical conidia
single-file arrangement alone hyphae
Causes eumycotic mycetoma
Contaminated wood products |
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Pseudoallescheria boydii
sexual phase
large brown cleistothecia containing asci and ascospores
Causes eumycotic mycetomas
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Scedosporium aspiospermum
(asexual phase)
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Pseudoallescheria boydii
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Scedosporium aspiospermum
Asexual phase
unicellular conidia on thick septate conidiophores
produce white to yellowish granules in tissue sections
Causes mycetomas
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Scedosporium aspiospermum
Asexual phase
unicellular conidia on thick septate conidiophores
produce white to yellowish granules in tissue sections
Causes mycetomas |
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Scedosporium aspiospermum
Asexual phase
unicellular conidia on thick septate conidiophores
produce white to yellowish granules in tissue sections
Causes mycetomas |
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Madurella mycetomatis
slow growth (10 days)
olive, yellow, or brown
brown diffusible pigment
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Madurella mycetomatis
SAB: septate hyphae with chlamydospore-like enlarged cells
CM: phialophora type sporulation
Causes mycetomas
reddish brown to black granules in tissue sections, compact, variable in size and shape, and frequently multilobulated.
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Madurella mycetomatis
Phialophora type sporulation on CM agar
Causes mycetomas |
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Wangiella dermatitidis
Grows at 42C
yeast like at 10 days, mold like at 3 weeks
septate hyphae
oval to round budding yeast cells
Causes Phaeohyphomycosis |
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Wangiella dermatitidis
Grows at 42C
yeast like at 10 days, mold like at 3 weeks
septate hyphae
oval to round budding yeast cells
Causes Phaeohyphomycosis |
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Wangiella dermatitidis
Grows at 42C
yeast like at 10 days, mold like at 3 weeks
septate hyphae
oval to round budding yeast cells
Causes Phaeohyphomycosis |
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Sporothrix schenckii dimorphism
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Sporothrix schenkii mold phase
Rapid growth (4 days)
25C-30C
thin, hyaline septate hyphae
"rosette" formation or "daisy head" conidia
or single conidia in sleeve-like arrangement
Causes sporothricosis |
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Sporothrix schenkii mold phase
Rapid growth (4 days)
25C-30C
thin, hyaline septate hyphae
"rosette" formation or "daisy head" conidia
or single conidia in sleeve-like arrangement
Causes sporothricosis |
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Sporothrix schenkii mold phase
Rapid growth (4 days)
25C-30C
thin, hyaline septate hyphae
"rosette" formation or "daisy head" conidia
or single conidia in sleeve-like arrangement
Causes sporothricosis |
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Sporothrix schenckii yeast phase
35C-37C
oval to round fusiform budding yeast
"cigar bodies" on BHI
Causes sporotrichosis |
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Sporothrix schenckii yeast phase
35C-37C
oval to round fusiform budding yeast
"cigar bodies" on BHI
Causes sporotrichosis |
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Sporothrix schenckii yeast phase
35C-37C
oval to round fusiform budding yeast
"cigar bodies" on BHI
Causes sporotrichosis |
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Sporothrix schenckii yeast phase
35C-37C
oval to round fusiform budding yeast
"cigar bodies" on BHI
Causes sporotrichosis |
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