Fungi ----- Disease Flashcards
(26 cards)
Cryptococcus Neoformans
Chronic meningitis
TORULOSIS
Blastomyces Dermatitidis
Gilchrist’s
North American Blastomycosis
Paracoccidiodes brasilienisis
South American Blastomycosis
MYCETOMA!!!
Coccidioidomycosis immitis
Erythema Skin eruption lesions
Sterile Lesions!!!
Hitsoplasma capsulatum
Darling’s Disease
Pulmonary infection
Sporothrix schenckii
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis
Subcutaneous–>Lymphatics
Phialophora/Cladosporium/Fonsecaea
Chromoblastomycosis
Aspergillum Fumagatus
Aspergillosis, asthma/cold/rhinitis/bronchiectasis/pulmonary TB bronchial neoplasms.
Candidiasis Albicans
Monilids / thrush
Chromobloastomycosis
Warty cauliflower-like growths
Brown, thick walled
Maduromycoses
Mycetoma
Large spherical or oval yeast pilots wheel
paracoccidioidomycosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Mycetomas
mucous membranes of nose and mouth.
Dermatophytoses
Obligate parasites of humans
Candidiasis
Can have systemic involvement.
Pregnancy and diabetes
Sporotrichum schenckii
Cigar bodies
Cryptococcus neoformans
Budding encapsulated yeast cells
Cocciciodes immitis
Spherules
Blastomyces dermatitidis
N.American Blasto (GILCHRIST’s) disease
DIMORPHIC
-in vivo thick single budding yeast
Cryptococcoses
Torulosis
Neoformans-encapsulated yeast
N. American Blastomycosis
Gilchrist’s
Dermatitidis- Thick wall single budding yeast cell in body
Paracoccidioidomycosis
S. American Blastomycosis
Brasiliensis- Earliest lesions mouth or nose
Pilot’s Wheel!
Histoplasmosis
Darling’s Disease
Capsulatum- Tuberculate knobby macroconidia.
Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis
SPOROTHRIX schenckii- Cigar bodies