7.1

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study of fungi, including their taxonomy, environmental impact, and genetic and biochemical properties

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MYCOLOGY

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science devoted to the study of fungi and their relationship to human disease

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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

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Fungal agents include:

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TRUE PATHOGENS OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS

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fungi whose cell wall contain MELANIN, which imparts brown to black pigment

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DEMATIACEOUS FUNGI

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Fungi that have two growth firms, such as molds and yeast which develop under different growth conditions

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DIMORPHIC FUNGI

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fungi that lack sexual reproduction; they are represented only by and ANAMORPH, mitotic or asexual reproductive state

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IMPERFECT FUNGI

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fungi that are capable of fungal reproduction = TELEOMORPH

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PERFECT FUNGI

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fungi that are capable of fungal reproduction = TELEOMORPH

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PERFECT FUNGI

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have more than one independent form or spore stage in their life cycle

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POLYMORPHIC FUNGI

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hyphal or mycelial colony of growth

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MOLD

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unicellular, spherical to ellipsoid (3-5um) fungal cells; reproduce by budding

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YEAST

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Humans are relatively resistant to infections caused by fungi
except for

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DIMORPHIC FUNGI

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Major Predisposing Factors:

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immunocompromised host

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Humans acquire mycoses through:

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Inhalation of spores
Direct contact with spores Inoculation by trauma into the skin

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have true nuclei and are heterotrophic members of the plant family

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THALLOPHYTES

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few divide by

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BINARY FISSION but most reproduce asexually by BUDDING

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THERMALLY DIMORPHIC FUNGI

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Blastomyces dermatitidis
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Coccidioides immitis
Sporothrix schenckii
Penicillium marneffei
Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum

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other term for aseptate

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Coencytic hypha

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Example of ANTLER HYPHAE

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Trichophyton shoenleinii

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RACQUET HYPHAE example

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Epidermophytoc floccosum

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SPIRAL HYPHAE

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Trichophyton mentagrophytes

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aka MONILIACEOUS

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HYALINE HYPHAE

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aka DEMATIACEOUS darkly pigmented because of melanin in the cell wall

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PHAEOID hyphae

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used to determine hyphal pigmentation in tissue stains melanin
Phaeoid hyphae: brown
Hyaline hyphae: pink to red

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Masson-Fontana Stain

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mass of intertwining structure composed of hyphae accumulates during active growth

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MYCELIUM

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grows in or on a substrate and absorbs water and nutrients anchor the colony

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VEGETATIVE PORTION OR THALLUS

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contains fruiting bodies that produce the conidia and spores extends above the agar surface

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REPRODUCTIVE PORTION OR AERIAL

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requires formation of special structures so that fertilization or nuclear fission can occur

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PERFECT FUNGI = TELEOMORPH

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SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

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PERFECT FUNGI = TELEOMORPH

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do not exhibit a sexual phase Meiosis Merging of the cells Nuclear fusion spores are produced asexually from mycelium

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IMPERFECT FUNGI or FUNGI IMPERFECTI = ANAMORPH

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ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

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IMPERFECT FUNGI or FUNGI IMPERFECTI = ANAMORPH

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SEXUAL SPORES

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ASCOSPORES BASIDIOSPORES ZYGOSPORES OOSPORES

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contained in a saclike structure called ASCUS following meiosis, four to eight meiospores form within an ascus

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ASCOSPORES

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contained in a club-shaped BASIDIUM following meiosis, four meiospores usually form on the surface of a basidium

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BASIDIOSPORES

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rough-walled spores produced by the fusion of two identical cells arising from the same hypha

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ZYGOSPORES

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formed by heterogenous fetilization involve the fusion of cells from separate, nonidentical hyphae

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OOSPORES

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ASEXUAL SPORES

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ARTHROCONIDIA BLASTOCONIDIA CHLAMYDOCONIDIA SPORANGIOSPORES

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small, unicellular with a round, elliptical, or pyriform shape Sessile Microconidia Pednculate Microconidia

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MICROCONIDIA

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large, usually multiseptate, and club oval or spindle shaped thick or thin walled spiny (ECHINULATE) or smooth surface

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MACROCONIDIA