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| dimorphic fungi (systemic) |
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| (type of fungi) inhalation via resp tract, only bad in immunosuprressed, T-cell response, endemic |
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| dimorphic fungi (coccoides is the exception) |
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| itraconzaole + ampB (except 1 which adds fluconazole) |
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| dimorphic fungi (coccoides is the exception) |
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| itraconzaole + ampB (except 1 which adds fluconazole) |
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| another 35% present as mild flu-like illness with fever, chest pain, arthralgia. |
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| allergic manifestations are often the first presenting symptoms of infection (erythema nodosum, erythema multiforme |
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| septate hyphae, white-to-tan fluffy colony, matures in 5 - 10 days. ii hyphae will fragment into barrel-shaped arthroconidia, separated by disjunctor cells. iii arthroconidia are very infectious |
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| Coccidioides - tissue phase |
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formation of multinucleated spherules
ii repeated internal cleavage produces endospores
iii mature spherule ruptures, released endospores develop into new spherules. |
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a. organism inhabits the soils found in the Lower Sonoran Life Zone.
b. prevalent in southwestern U.S. (southern California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, west Texas), as well as parts of Mexico, Central and South America. |
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| perturbations in environmental conditions (rainfall, wind, earthquakes) will affect the concentration and spread of arthroconidia in the atmosphere. |
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| b) dark-skinned peoples susceptible to more serious disease, probably reflects genetic predisposition. |
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| in DTH response, antibody response (IgM and IgG) not protective |
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| usually self-limiting pulmonary disease, disseminated |
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septate hyphae, white cottony colony after 2-4 wks incubation.
ii. formation of microconidia (infectious) and tuberculated macroconidia (diagnostic). |
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| small (4-6 um), oval yeasts, usually found in monocytes and macrophages of the blood, lungs and reticuloendothelial system. |
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| endemic in the Mississippi river valley and parts of south-central U.S. (including east Texas); also found in parts of Mexico and Central America. |
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chronic infection of the skin and bones,
CNS or urogenital system. |
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| lesions characterized by microabscess formation, papulopustular nodules, and crusty verrucous granulomas of the hands, face and mucocutaneous areas. |
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septate hyphae, white colony in 3 - 4 weeks.
ii. formation of oval microconidia. |
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| large, thick-walled with broad-based bud. |
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| endemic in Mississippi and Ohio river valleys, middle-eastern seaboard |
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| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
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| ulcerative granulomata of buccal, nasal, and occasionally the gastrointestinal |
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septate hyphae, white to tan colony, growth in 2 - 4 weeks
ii. oval microconidia indistinguishable from B. dermatitidis (must observe tissue phase). |
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| thin walled yeast with multiple buds arranged in a "ship's wheel" configuration; thin points of attachment of buds to mother cell. |
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ub-tropical sylvatic regions of Central and South America.
multiply-budding yeast in tissue. |
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may mimic tuberculosis, leishmaniasis or histoplasmosis
e) skin lesions reflect dissemination…may mimic molluscum contagiosum-like lesions of the face and trunk. |
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| filamentous hyphae with sporulating structures typical of genus. Colonies may have diffusible red pigment. |
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| yeast-like organism that divides by fission and shows transverse septation, AIDS |
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