LEC 6 - Opportunistic Fungal Infections Flashcards
What is an important step in the life cycle of Phyium insidiosum?
Needs to infect plants to complete cycle
What allows P. Insidiosum to invade animal tissue?
Motile zoospores w/ germ tube production
Affected Animals: P. Insidiosum
Horses Dogs Calves Sheep Cats
Lesions: P. Insidiosum
Granulomatous tissues - Subcutaneous or Intestinal
Infective stage: P. Insidiosum
Animal wades in water
Zoospore infects = oppurtunistic
How doe the zoospores of P. Insidiosum invade the tissue?
Through the germ tubes that produce aseptate hyphae
What does P. Insidiosum do while its disseminating?
Causes thrombosis
What causes tissue damage with P. Insidiosum infections?
Degranulating EOS + Mast cells
Where do lesions in horses tend to occur with P. Insidiosum infections?
Body parts that contacted the water
Disease: P. Insidiosum
Cutaneous pythiosis
Lession appearance: P. Insidiosum in Horse
Large, circular granulomatous nodules
Ulcerate
Pruritus
Necrotic yellowish coral-like mass
What can happen with chronic P. Insidiosum infections?
Bone involvement
Define: Enteric pythioss
Stenotic fibrous GI lesions
Target Organs: P. Insidiosum in DOgs
Stomach + SI
Clinical Signs: P. Insidiosum in Dogs
Vomiting
Wt. Loss
Diarrhea
PALPABLE ABDOMINAL MASS
What is causing the abdominal mass in a dog with a P. Insidiosum infection?
Extension into pancreas + bile ducts + mesenteric LN
Where do cutaneous lesions in dogs tend to occur with P. Insidiosum infections?
Base of tail
Extremities
Perineum
Ventral Neck
Diagnosis: P. Insidiosum
Tissue stain Immunofluorescence PCR Culture Serology
Culture: P. Insidiosum
Sabouraud dex. agar