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Central and Southeastern United States, Africa, and Asial in SOIL and DECOMPOSING PLANTS.
Inhale or implant spores.
Sometimes in dogs, cats, horses, but not spread to humans from them. |
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| large broad-based budding yeast cells. grows at 37 degrees |
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| primary pulmonary blastomycosis presents with dry cough, chills, pleuritic pain, pneumonia, sore throat, myalgia, fever, and weight loss |
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| cutaneous, osseous, systemic blastomycosis |
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pyogenic abscess formations with neutrophils
lesions develop into granulomatous, necrotic, caseous areast that calcify |
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| lower lobe lung lesions called "crab claws" shadow granulomas or airspace disease |
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| causes coccidioidomycosis |
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| arid regions of Southwest US, Central and South America in SOIL |
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| inhaltion of arthrospores. risk greatest in PREGNANT WOMEN and NON-WHITES during the summer. |
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| found in domestic animals and rodents, but not transmitted person-person or animal-person |
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| Tissue rxn suppurative with neutrophils containing endospores with doubly refractile walls. becomes necrotic followed by granulomas producing cavities and nodules. results in scarring. |
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| increased complement fixing or precipitating antibody titiers are an unfavorable prognosis |
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| KOH/PAS staining of tissues demonstrates thin-walled spherules with endospores |
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| disseminated disease presents as meningitis, verrucous granulomas of skin or miliary lesions |
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| arthritis known as desert rheumatism |
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| pulmonary disease is asymptomatic or fever, chills, pleuritic pain, cough, anorexia, and headaches, known as valley fever |
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| allergic rxn known as desert bumps: toxic eruptions produce erythema, rashes, nodules, or vesicles |
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| Histoplasma capsulatum and duboisii |
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| exudate cells contain extra- or intracellular oval yeasts with prominent bud scars and thin walls |
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| Histoplasma capsulatum and duboisii |
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| mucocutaneous (oropharyngeal ulcer), systemic, mild and severe pulmonary histoplasmosis |
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worldwide
heavy concentration Ohio-Mississippi-Valley |
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Africa and Asia
saphrocytes in bird and bat guano transmitted via inhalation |
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| Histoplasma capsulatum and duboisii |
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solitary or multiple necrotic granulomas and lesions, macrophages grow in bone marrow and disseminate disease
allergic responses |
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
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South and Central America in soil
inhalation of spores |
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
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| mainly seen in adult males |
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
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| KOH/PAS of tissues: thick walled, multiple budding yeast cells |
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
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| pulmonary, mucocutaneous (mouth warts), and systemic (intestines, liver, lymph, spleen) forms |
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
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| TRANSFORMATION from hyphal --> yeast phase regulated by intracytoplasmic estrogen receptor |
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
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