Medical Mycology Flashcards
Cutaneous Fungi
All filamentous
Non-invasive
Epidermiphyton floccosum
Microsporidium spp.
Trichophyton spp.
Superficial Fungi
Malassezia furfur
Phaeoannellomyces werneckii
Pedraia hortae
Trichisporon beigeii
Subcutaneous Fungi
Candida albicans Exophiala jeanselmi Fonsecaecea verrucosa Pseudallescheria boydii Sporothrix schenckii (dimorphic)
Systemic Pathogenic Fungi
All dimorphic
Coccidioides immitis
Histoplasma capsulatum
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Systemic Opportunistic Fungi
Aspergillus spp.
Candida albicans
Cryptococcus neoformans
Geotrichum candidum
Coccoidioides immitus
Dimorphic, systemic pathogenic fungi
Easily escapes and causes infection
Use biohazard hood
Cryptococcus neoformans
Systemic opportunistic yeast
Immune compromised
Fingal meningitis in AIDS pts.
Very large capsule
Urease +
Sporothrix schenckii
Subcutaneous dimorphic fungi
Only subcutaneous dimorphic fungi
Candida albicans
Subcutaneous yeast
Chlamydochondia *
Germ tubes