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Ch. 18 - Fungal infections Flashcards

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Tinea

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Non-pigmented hyphae in stratum corneum, which may be parakeratotic or have inflammatory cells.

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Bullous tinea

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Nonpigmented hyphae in stratum corneum, with massive papillary dermal edema (resembles polymorphous light eruption or Sweet’s syndrome).

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Onychomycosis

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PAS-positive hyphae in subungual debris

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Tinea versicolor

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Loose hyperkeratosis with groups of round spores and short hyphae in stratum corneum (“ziti and meatballs”).

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Candidiasis

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Pseudohyphae in stratum corneum (often vertically oriented) with neutrophils and hyperkeratosis.

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Coccidioidomycosis

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Large uniform spherules with lacy/granular cytoplasm. Refractile wall.

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Cryptococcosis

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Pleomorphic encapsulated yeast. Amount of capsular material inversely proportional to granulomatous infiltrate.

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Blastomycosis

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Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia with intraepidermal pustules. Few organisms within giant cells. Broad-based budding.

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Paracoccidioides

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Small yeast without thick refractile wall. Mariner’s wheel pattern of budding.

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Histoplasmosis

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Small uniform dots within histiocytes, each surrounded by a pseudocapsule. Narrow-based budding.

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African histoplasmosis

(organism?)

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Larger uniform dots with pseudocapsule. Looks like lobomycosis.

Histoplasma duboisii

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Lobomycosis (keloidal blastomycosis)

(organism?)

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Large organisms with pop-bead chain appearance within histiocytes.

Lacazia loboi

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Sporotrichosis

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Stellate abscess with granuloma containing rare cigar-shaped yeasts

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Eumycetoma

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Sinus tracts filled with neutrophils. Central grains made up of fungal hyphae with club-shaped accumulations of immunoglobulins (Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon)

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Acinetomycetoma

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Sinus tracts filled with neutrophils. Central grains made up of filamentous bacteria with smooth Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon at periphery.

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Tinea nigra

(organism?)

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Gold to brown hyphae in stratum corneum of acral skin.

Hortaea werneckii

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Phaeohyphomycosis

(organism?)

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Pigmented thick-walled hyphae in tissue with vesicular swelling.

Many black molds (dematiaceous fungi, mildew)

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Chromomycosis (chromoblastomycosis)

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Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia with intraepidermal pustules. Round copper-colored Medlar bodies.

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Mucormycosis

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Broad, hollow, 90-degree branching refractile hyphae with vesel invasion and tissue necrosis.

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Entomophthoromycosis

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Indolent infection that resembles zygomycetes.

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Hyalohyphomycosis

(organism?)

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Narrow, non-pigmented hyphae in tissue invading vessels causing tissue necrosis.

(any invasive mold excluding zygomycetes)

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Protothecosis

(organism?)

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Morulae or eyeball collections of Prototheca.

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Rhinosporidiosis

(organism?)

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Huge sporangia with many endospores. Can resemble coccidoides.

Rhinosporidium (but Microcystis aeruginosa is synergistic)

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Tinea

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Bullous tinea

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Onychomycosis (PAS)

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Tinea versicolor

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Candidiasis

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Coccidioidomycosis

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Cryptococcosis

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Blastomycosis

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Paracoccidiomycosis

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Histoplasmosis

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African histoplasmosis

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Lobomycosis

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Sporotrichosis

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Eumycetoma

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Acinetomycetoma

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Tinea nigra

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Phaeohyphomycosis

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Chromomycosis

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Zygomycosis (Rhizopus)

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Hyalohyphomycosis (aspergillosis)

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Protothecosis

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Rhinosporidiosis

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