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| dermatophytes + candida (type of fungi) |
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| Filamentous fungi (moulds) that possess keratinolytic enzymes that allow parasitization of all fully keratinized tissues of the body (hair, skin, and nails). |
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| dermatophytes + candida (type of fungi) |
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| Organisms do not usually penetrate beneath epidermal layer of skin. |
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| T. schoenleinii - endothrix |
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| cause of favus, see scutula (crusting) with permanent loss of hair, scarring. |
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| Microsporum audouinii , T also |
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| ectothrix infection (growth and sporulation around hair shaft) |
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| Epidermophyton floccosum, T. rubrum - |
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| itraconazole (dermatophyte) |
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| direct exam for dermatophytes |
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| KOH prep, lactophenol cotton blue |
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| agar identification of dermatophytes |
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| Sabouraud dextrose agar incubate 25-30oC for up to 4 weeks |
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| club-shaped, thick-walled, macroconidia |
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| abundant, spindle-shaped, thick-walled, macrocondiia |
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| abundant, spherical, elongate, or pear-shaped microconida |
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| Lymphocutaneous disease (most common form): - Sporotrichosis |
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acquisition of infection through traumatic implantation of soil fungus, often due to rose thorn, splinter, or similar types of puncture wounds.
lesions begin as painless papules, usually 1-3 weeks after inoculation, and spread distally along lymphatic channels. |
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| Pulmonary or disseminated disease: - acquired via inhalation |
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| elongated, cigar-shaped yeasts; these forms are rarely seen in histological sections of tissue. |
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septate hyphae, turning white to black with age, with delicate conidiophores bearing pyriform
(pear-shaped) conidia in rosette clusters. |
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| yeast forms surrounded by eosinophilic halo that are occasionally seen during histological examination of tissue; represent deposition of antigen/antibody complexes. |
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| only itraconazole for treatment (possibly surgery), ampB for disseminated |
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| a localized, chronic infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues acquired by implantation of soil organisms; lesions are usually painless and "cauliflower-like". |
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| chromomycosis, phaehypomycosis |
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| dematiaceous (black) fungi |
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| chromomycosis sporulation |
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cladosporium-type: branching conidiophores with chains of conidia b) acrotheca or rhinocladiella -type: club-shaped conidiophores with elongate conidia at the upper part c) phialophora - type: vase or urn-shaped conidiophore, flared at top bearing small elliptical conidia
"essential MULTIPLE SPORULATION TYPES" |
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| brown segmented hyphal forms seen in infected tissue. |
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| lesions involve skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, and bone. |
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associated with the formation of granulomas and abscesses that eventually drain by formation of sinus tracts.
f) may see "grains" in sinus tract drainage that represent compact microcolonies of the pathogen(s) (useful for diagnosis) |
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| solitary cyst-like lesion, pigmented irregular hyphal forms. |
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