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Micosporum can cause what disease

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Ringworm

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Trichophyton can cause what disease

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Ringworm

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Malassezia can cause what disease

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Dermatitis

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Sporothrix causes what disease

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Sporotrichosis

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Blastomyces can cause what disease

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Blastomycosis

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Histoplasmosis is caused by what fungus

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Histoplasma

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Coccidioides causes what disease

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Lung

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Cryptococcus causes what disease

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Rhinitis

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Candida causes what disease

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Candidiasis

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Aspergillus causes what disease

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Aspergillosis

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Most fungi are aerobic

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What group of fungi?
Multicellular and filamentous, dimorphic

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Mold

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Filamentous means

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Thin in diameter

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What group of fungi?
Unicellular, dimorphic

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Yeast

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What group of fungi ?
Fruiting body of fungi, some are edible some are toxic

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Mushrooms

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What does yeast look like on an agar

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Smooth and glisten

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How does yeast reproduce

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Asexual reproduction by budding

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How does mold reproduce

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Spores, asexually and sexually

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To culture fungi, what are two general agars that can be used

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Sabouraud dextrose and potato dextrose

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To culture fungi what specialized agar can be used

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Dermatophyte test medium (DTM)

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Dermatophytes and mold phase of dimorphic fungi should be stored at what temperature

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Room temp (25c•)

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Aspergillus, yeast, and yeast phase of dimorphic fungi should be stored at what temp

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Body temperature (37c•)

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What is a woods lamp

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Specialized UV light that detects fungal specified that fluoresce, usually on the hair shaft.

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What would you do for a cytology for fungi and why?

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Use potassium hydroxide added to skin scrapings or tissue touch preps to remove host cellular elements

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Mycosis
Tissue invasion
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Mycotoxicosis
Toxin production
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Abbie review fungal disease attributes and mechanisms on PowerPoint Ch 41
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What are some characteristics of fungi ?
They are eukaryotic with cell walls, non-photosynthetic, can be unicellular or multicellular, obtain nutrients from absorption, etc
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What are some predisposing factors that expose animals to infection ?
Immunosuppression, prolonged antibiotic therapy, traumatized tissues, persistent moisture, immunological effects, immaturity, aging, malnutrition, and some neoplastic conditions
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What does tape prep do?
Allows for direct visualization of fungal morphology.
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The most common dermatophytes in dogs can be what colors after culturing
White, yellow, tan, or powdery
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How do you perform tape prep for fungal culturing?
Using acetate tape, a clean glass slide, and a drop of methylene blue; tap the surface of the fungal colony place over the slide with the drop of methylene blue and read slide under 100-400x
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Dermatophytes are what type of fungi
Molds
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Only ____% of Micosporum isolate will fluoresce under a woods lamp
50%
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Dermatophytes are located where and are considered aerobic
Ubiquitous
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Dermatophytes that are Environmental saprophytes that are also opportunistic are called
Geophilic
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Dermatophytes that are obligate pathogens, have an animal host preference
Zoophilic
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Dermatophytes that are obligate pathogens that have a human host preference
Anthropophilic
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How does transmission of Dermatophytes happen
Infected animals Auto-transmission Risk factors (environment etc)
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What do Dermatophytes produce during culturing
Microcondidia
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Aspergillus species are what type of fungi
Saprophytic mold and are ubiquitous in the environment
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Aspergillus flavus causes
Aflatoxicosis
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Aspergillus fumigatus species does what
Tissue invasion
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Describe how a bird can be exposed to Aspergillosis
Immunocompromised, dose of spores from inhalation of dust from contaminated litter or feed. Develop in the nasal or respiratory system. Systemic
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Most yeast produce what type of infection
Opportunistic
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Canida Al Ivan’s is commensal where
MM and Gi of most species
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Canida Albicans causes what type of infection and in what animals
Opportunistic infection in immunocompromised animals and most from entry or invasion from tissues (GI, cloacal, urogenital)
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Cryptococcus Neoformans produce what type of infection and how?
Opportunistic infections from inhalation of contaminated dust (is associated with immunocompromised immune animals)
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Cryptococcus disease is seen in what forms in cats
Nasal, cutaneous l, neural, and ocular forms
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Malassezia pachydermitis is what type of fungi
Yeast
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Malassezia pachydermatis causes opportunistic infection associated with
Immunosuppression Moist skin folds Poor ear conformation Excessive use of antibiotics
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Otitis externa and skinfold dermatitis is caused by what fungi
Malassezia pachydermatis
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Blastomycosis causes what diseases
Asymptomatic diseases Pneumonia More if spread systematically
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Blastomyces dermatitis is treated with
Antifungal (itraconazole)
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Infection of blastomycosis is caused by what
Inhalation into the lungs
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Sporothrix is transmitted through
Wounds
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Sporothrix lives
In dead vegetation and worldwide
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Sporothrix causes what disease
Chronic cutaneous or lymphocutaneous(nodular skin lesions that ulcerate)
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Associated with impaired cell mediated immunity and causes granulomatous lesions in the lungs
Histoplasma capsulatum
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How is Histoplasma capulatum transmitted
Inhalation of spores
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Histoplasma capsulatum lives where
Soil
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Coccidioides immitis lives where
Desert soils and semi arid regions
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What are biphasic fungi?
Produce larger than normal Endospores in tissues rather than typical yeast
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Causes disease in the lungs, dissemination to bones, skin, and other tissues
Coccidioides immitis
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What is a mycotoxin
Secondary metabolites of certain fungal species they produce toxins under certain circumstances
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What are some characteristics of mycotoxins
Heat stable Can be zoonotic from milk or food producing animals Specific target organs or tissues affected

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