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Coccidioidomycosis pathogen
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Coccidioides immitis
Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) is a disease caused by fungi (Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii species) |
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| North American Blastomycosis |
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| caused by paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
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| Sporotrichosis (common saprobic fungus that decomposes plant matter in soil) |
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| Rose gardeners disease pathogen |
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| caused by fonsecaea pedrosoi, phialophora verrucosa, Cladosporium carrionii |
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infections confined to keratinized epidermis (skin, hair, nails)
Called: dermatophytoses--RINGWORM and TINEA |
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| Ringworm of foot and hand |
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| tinea pedis and tinea manuum |
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caused by Malassezia furfur
--mild chronic scaling, mottling of skin |
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caused by Trichosporon beigelii
--whitish or colored masses develop on scalp, pubic, or auxiliary hair |
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caused by piedraia hortae
--dark to black gritty nodules mainly on scalp hairs |
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| common infection of AIDS pts, cancer or diabetes patients |
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| causes pneunocystis pneumonia (PCP) most prominent opportunistic disease in AIDS pts |
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| caused by genus Aspergillus, serious threat to AIDS, leukemia, and transplant pts |
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