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Saprophytes

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Most fungi, feed on dead/decaying material

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Parasites

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Many fungi are parasites, feed on living organisms without killing them

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Common characteristics of all fungi

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Eukaryotes, can be multi- or uni-cellular, heterotrophic

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Mycobacteria

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GPB, acid-fast, aerobes, produce catalase, cause TB

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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No exotoxins or enzymes for infectiousness, complex waxes and cord factor that prevent destruction by lysosomes or macrophages

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Primary TB

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Infectious dose of 10 cells, at 3-4 weeks tubercles form, of tubercle breaks down, caseous lesions form

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Secondary TB

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Reactivation, tubercles expand and drain into bronchial tubes and upper respiratory tract, 60% mortality if untreated, more severe symptoms

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Extrapulmonary TB

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bacilli disseminate to regional lymph nodes, kidneys, long bones, genitals, brain and meninges, fatal

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Mantoux test

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Injection of purified protein derivative, look for red wheal to form within 48-72 hours, can diagnose TB

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Mycobacterium leprae

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causes leprosy, strict parasite, spread through direct inoculation

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Tuberculoid leprosy

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Superficial infection without skin disfigurement which damages nerves and causes loss of pain perception

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Lepromatous leprosy

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A deeply nodular infection that causes severe disfigurement of the face and extremities

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M. avium

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3rd most common cause of death in AIDS patients

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M. kansaii

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pulmonary infections in adult white males with emphysema or bronchitis

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M. marinum

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Water inhabitant, lesions develop after scraping on swimming pool concrete

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M. scrofulaceum

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Infects cervical lymph nodes

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M. paratuberculosis

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raw cow’s milk, recovered from 65% of individuals with Crohn’s disease

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Actinomycetes

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nonmotile filamentous bacteria related to mycobacteria, may cause chronic infection of skin and soft tissues

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Actinomyces iseaeli

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Responsible for diseases of the oral cavity, thoracic or intestines

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Nocardia brasiliensis

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causes pulmonary disease similar to TB

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Teleomorph

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The sexual stage of the fungus

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Anamorph

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the asexual stage of the fungus

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Nocardiosis

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subcutaneous infections, pulmonary infections, brain abscesses, N. asteroides and N. brasiliensis

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LActophenol cotton blue

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Quick evaluation of fungal structures, stains chitin in cell walls of fungi

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PAS stain
Stains polysaccharide in cell wall of fungi, fungi stained pink-red with blue nuclei
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Gomori methenamine silver stain
silver nitrate outlines fungi in black due to the silver precipitating on the fungi cell wall
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Zygomycota
all fungi with nonseptate hyphae
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Fungal yeasts
Candida spp. and cryptococcus neoformans
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Dimorphic fungi
change from a multicellular hyphae form in the natural environment to a budding single-celled yeast form in tissue
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Dimorphic fungal pathogens
Blasto, histo, paracoccidioides
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Molds
filamentous fungi, coenocytic or have septa, have mycelium (tangled masses of hyphae)
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Hyphae
increase surface area of fungi and facilitate absorption
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Yeasts
Unicellular fungi, reproduce asexually (budding), grow on cornmeal agar
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Candida
most common invasive fungal infection in immunocompromised patients, typically C. albicans, pseudohyphae (germ tube) or hyphae, rapid switching of expressed phenotype, form biofilm
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Transplanted Kidney
makes someone super susceptible to disseminated candida infections
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Diagnosing candida albicans
C. albicans is germ tube positive, other spp are negative
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Candida infection
UTI, eye, liver and spleen, kidneys, skin, brain, lungs, bone
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Cryptococcus
Encapsulated, inhalation of spores, yeast, asexual, opportunistic, seen in HIV/AIDS patients and in organ transplants
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Crypto clinical manifestations
Lung (pneumonia), meningitis, disseminated in HIV, skin ulcers, genital, eyes
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Immunodiffusion
For Histo (H + M band), Blasto, aspergillus and coccidioides
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Identity
Bands connect, but do not intersect or cross
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Non-identity
Bands cross in X shape
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Partial identity
Bands for a Y shape
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Aspergillus
airways/nasal exposure to airborne aspergillus, acute or chronic, characteristic conidiospore, conidia produced by phialides, characteristic for foot cell, typical mold seen on food
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Fungal growth requirements
25-30 C for most fungi, dimorphic fungi grow best at 37 C
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Aspergillosis fumigatus
Mycelium is septate, unbranched, rough or smooth conidiophores, foot cell, phialides are short flask shaped
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Hulle cells
Seen in A. versicolor and A, nidulans, specialized multinucleate cells that originate from a nest-like aggregation of hyphae during sexual development and serve as nurse cells to developing cleistothecium (sexually reproductive part of A. nidulans)
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Blastomyces dermatitidis
Hyphae with microconidia at room temp, pulmonary infection or chronic pulmonary disease, disseminated to skin and bones
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Hyphae at room temp, converts to yeast with multiple buds at 37 C, acquired by inhalation, acute, chronic or asymptomatic pulmonary infections
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Mucormycosis
Fungal infection in immunocompromised or trauma patients, acute granulomatous and opportunistic infection, intrinsic ability to invade blood vessels, Rhinocerebralorbital mucormycosis is most common, seen in DKA
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Rhinocerebral mucormycosis
Unilateral headache, facial pain, eye swelling, necrotic lesions on hard palate or nasal mucosa
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Malassezia
Causes pityriasis versicolor, seborrheic dermatitis, dandruff and psoriasis, dimorphic fungus, normal skin flora, spaghetti and meatballs
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Fusarium
Associated with mycetomas, keratitis and systemic infections, form septate hyphae and 2 forms of conidiation, corneal infections from contact lenses
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Dermatophytes
Cause infections of the hair skin or nails, eat keratin in skin, most infections are in the feet or head/scalp, trichophyton, epidermophyton, and microsporum
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Trichophyton
infects nails, hair and skin, T. verrucosum is negative in the hair perforation test, foot fungus common
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Epidermophyton
Infects skin and nails, E. floccosum
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Microsporum
infects hair and skin,
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Tinea pedia
Athletes foot, caused by trichophyton and epidermophyton
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Tinea corporis
Ringworm, caused by microsporum and trichophyton
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Tinea unguium
Nail infection, caused by trichophyton and epidermophyton
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Tinea capitis
Scalp infection, caused by trichophyton and microsporum
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Tinea barbae
Infection of beard hair, caused by trichophyton and microsporum
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Tinea cruris
Jock itch, caused by trichophyton and epidermophyton
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Endothrix
Mold produces conidia inside hair shaft
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Ectothrix
Conidia only on outside of hair shaft
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Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Positive hair perforation test,
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Microsporum canis
Positive hair perforation, most commonly seen dermatophyte

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