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| contains chitin, glucans, and other sugar polymers; arrangement of biomolecular components accounts for individual identity: gross cell wall structure is similar; no peptidoglycan; no LPS |
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| unicellular morphology; asexual by budding |
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| filamentous morphology: multicellular, asexual to asexual; hyphae, mycelium, septae, conidia |
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| unicellular or filamentous morphology; temp dependent: yeast (37 C), mold (25 C) |
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| superficial and cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic/endemic, opportunistic |
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| superficial and cutaneous d |
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| dermatophytic infections: tinea capitis, tinea barbae, tinea pedis, tinea cruis (jock) |
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| dermis, subcutaneous tissue, or adjacent structures (no systemic spread); slow in onset and chronic in duration; variety of fungi involved (i.e. lobomycosis) |
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| invasive infections of internal organs; dimorphic fungi; typical entry from lungs; histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis, blastomycosis |
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| aspergillosis, candidosis, cryptococcosis |
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