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LEC 6 - Opportunistic Fungal Infections Flashcards

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What is an important step in the life cycle of Phyium insidiosum?

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Needs to infect plants to complete cycle

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What allows P. Insidiosum to invade animal tissue?

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Motile zoospores w/ germ tube production

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Affected Animals: P. Insidiosum

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Horses
Dogs 
Calves 
Sheep 
Cats
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Lesions: P. Insidiosum

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Granulomatous tissues - Subcutaneous or Intestinal

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Infective stage: P. Insidiosum

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Animal wades in water

Zoospore infects = oppurtunistic

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How doe the zoospores of P. Insidiosum invade the tissue?

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Through the germ tubes that produce aseptate hyphae

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What does P. Insidiosum do while its disseminating?

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Causes thrombosis

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What causes tissue damage with P. Insidiosum infections?

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Degranulating EOS + Mast cells

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Where do lesions in horses tend to occur with P. Insidiosum infections?

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Body parts that contacted the water

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Disease: P. Insidiosum

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Cutaneous pythiosis

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Lession appearance: P. Insidiosum in Horse

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Large, circular granulomatous nodules
Ulcerate
Pruritus
Necrotic yellowish coral-like mass

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What can happen with chronic P. Insidiosum infections?

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Bone involvement

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Define: Enteric pythioss

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Stenotic fibrous GI lesions

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Target Organs: P. Insidiosum in DOgs

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Stomach + SI

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Clinical Signs: P. Insidiosum in Dogs

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Vomiting
Wt. Loss
Diarrhea
PALPABLE ABDOMINAL MASS

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What is causing the abdominal mass in a dog with a P. Insidiosum infection?

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Extension into pancreas + bile ducts + mesenteric LN

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Where do cutaneous lesions in dogs tend to occur with P. Insidiosum infections?

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Base of tail
Extremities
Perineum
Ventral Neck

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Diagnosis: P. Insidiosum

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Tissue stain 
Immunofluorescence 
PCR 
Culture 
Serology
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Culture: P. Insidiosum

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Sabouraud dex. agar

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ID colony: P. Insidiosum

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Aseptate hyphae

Colorless to white w/ short aerial hyphae

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Stain: P. Insidiosum

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PAS + Methenamine silver

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P. Insidiosum: Treatment Dogs

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Aggressive surgery
Remove infected bowl
Amputate distal limbs infected
NO ERGOSTEROL IN MEMBRANE - still txt w/ Itraconazole

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P. Insidiosum: Treament Horses

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Wide surgical excision + Immunotherapy

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Describe: P. Insidiosum Immunotherapy

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Regulation of T cells from Th1 to Th2

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Describe P. Insidiosum Thermotherapy

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Apply local heat daily to lesion

Enhances intracellular killing capability of NEU

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Morphology: Sporothrix schenickii

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Dimorphic temperature dependent fungus

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Etiology: S. Schenickii

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Culture for Environmental form :S. Schenickii

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Colony: S. Schenickii

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Hyphae + Condiophores w/ rosette clusters of pear shapped conidia

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Environmental form: S. Schenickii

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25 deg

Hyphae + Condiphores

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Infective form: S. Schenickii

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37 deg

Cigar-shapped pleomorphic budding yeast cells

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Culture for Infective form: S. Schenickii

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Brain Heart Infusion Agar `

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Clinical Signs: S. Schenickii = Horse/Dogs

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Cutaneous/Lymphocytaneous form

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Clincal Signs: S. Schenickii = Cats

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Lymphocutaneous

Disseminated

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Describe: Equine Sporotrichosis

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Lymphocutaneous
Spores enter skin abrasion
Nodules develope along superficial lymphatic vessesl

36
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Describe Feline Sporotrichosis

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Primary nodular lesions
Ulcerative with seropurulent exudate
Extends to lymphatics

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Areas of infection: S. Schenickii - Felines

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Limb extermities
Head
Tail

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Area most infected with S. Schenickii in cats

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Describe Canine Sporotrichosis

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Multiple cutaneous lesions
Ulcerated + Crusted + Alopecic
Occasional lymphocutaneous involvement

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Treatement: S. Schenickii Horse

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Systemic Isodid preparation
Organic perferred (EDDI)
Feed additive

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Treatment: S. Schenickii - Dogs/Cats

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Itraconazole

42
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Infection form: P. Carinii

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Asexual trophozoite

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Reproducing form: P. Carinii

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Sexual reproducing cyst

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Predisposition: P. Carinii

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High prevalence of young animals

Airborne/transplacental

45
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Animals infected: P. Carinii

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Dogs 
Horses
Rabbits 
Cats 
Pigs
46
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DOC: P. Carinii

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Trimethoprim
– or –
TMS
Supportive care

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Culture: P. Carinii

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CAN NOT BE

48
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PCR: P. Carinii where from?

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lung tissue

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Clincal signs: P. Carinii

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Diffuse Pulmonary consolidation
Marked thickening alveolar space
Proteinaceous exudate in alveoli

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