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| causes Adiaspiromycosis. found in soil and on mammals |
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| transmitted by inhalation of adiaspores. |
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| granulomas form in the lungs around adiaspore producing nodules. Adiaspores DO NOT REPLICATE, but increase 100 fold in size hindering normal pulmonary function. |
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| Sxs: pneumonia with fever and weight loss |
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| adiaspores with fibrous capsules in lung biopsies |
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| Low virulent infection most common in immunosuppressed who have neutropenia. cause aspergillosis. |
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| found in soil, hay, grains, decaying vegetation and plants |
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| transmitted by implantation, inhalation, or GI infection and P2P contact |
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Sxs: asthma and bronchitis in pulmonary aspergillosis and FUNGAL BALLS with nectotizing pneumonia.
Also, DISSEMINATED ASPEROGILLOSIS involves various organs producing rhinocerebral proptosis (protrusion of eyeball), growths on heart valves, nodular skin, brain, liver, kidney lesions, and otitis externa |
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| acute-angle branching, septate hyphae in sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage in PAS or KOH stains |
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| Acremonium, Fusarium, Penicillium, and Scopulariopsis spp. |
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| Acremonium, Fusarium, Penicillium, and Scopulariopsis spp. |
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| transmitted by ingestion or inhalation of spores or P2P contact |
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| Acremonium, Fusarium, Penicillium, and Scopulariopsis spp. |
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| Mycelia invade tissue, producing thrombosis and infarctions. |
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| Acremonium, Fusarium, Penicillium, and Scopulariopsis spp. |
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| These fungi grow intracellularly producing small, round conidia inside of macrophages |
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| Acremonium, Fusarium, Penicillium, and Scopulariopsis spp. |
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| Sxs: pulmonary, cerebral, cutaneous, GI, and ocular granulomas or abscesses occur. |
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| Acremonium, Fusarium, Penicillium, and Scopulariopsis spp. |
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| Large, branching, septate, hyaline hyphae in PAS tissue stains |
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| transmitted by inhalation of arthrospores |
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| results in masses of necrotic foci containing septate hyphae and arthrospores |
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| pulmonary (diffuse lesions), bronchial (bronchitis), oral (thrush), GI (colitis), and cutaneous (cystic masses in skin) geotrichosis |
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| develops no partial or protective immunity |
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| septate hyphae with oval or spherical arthrospores in PAS preps |
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| Arthroderma, Aspergillus, Candida, Geotrichum and Scopulariopsis |
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| opportunistic molds and yeast spp. found worldwide in soil and as normal flora |
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| Arthroderma, Aspergillus, Candida, Geotrichum and Scopulariopsis |
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| transmitted by implantation with spore-contaminated fomites |
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| Arthroderma, Aspergillus, Candida, Geotrichum and Scopulariopsis |
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| cause Onychomycosis, nail infection that damages nail architecture. nails become brittle. |
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| Arthroderma, Aspergillus, Candida, Geotrichum and Scopulariopsis |
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| finger or toenail plates develop grooves and cavities without thickening of the nail plate |
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| Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus spp. (RAM) |
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| found on soil, fruit and grain |
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| Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus spp. (RAM) |
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| transmitted by implantation, ingestion, or inhalation of spores in pts with DIABETES, LEUKEMIA, TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS OR DIALYSIS PTS. |
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| Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus spp. (RAM) |
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| Hyphae directly invade blood vessels. Infection results in microabscesses in which eosinophils predominate |
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| Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus spp. (RAM) |
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| true medical emergency caused by ... which is aggressive in immunosuppressed, diabetic or neutropenic pts. |
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| Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus spp. (RAM) |
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| Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus spp. (RAM) |
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| Thoracic (leukemia pts), Rhinocerebral (diabetes or leukemia), Abdominal , Cutaneous (burn victims), and CNS (debilitated pts, result of head trauma) mucormycosis |
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| Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus spp. (RAM) |
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| broad, branching, non-septate or sparsely septate hyphae with right angle branching in KOH or PAS prep of biopsy. |
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