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Liver cancer

Aflatoxin

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Aspergillus flavum

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Liver necrosis

Amanita toxin

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Amanita mushroom

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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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3 important dermatophytes (ring worm)

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Microsporum canis
Trichophyton tonsurans
Epidermophyton flocossum

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Spaghetti and meatballs

Fungimea

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Malassezia furfur

Miconazole

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From thorn prick
Tx itraconazole and potassium iodide

Plant a rose in the POT

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Sporotrichosis

Sporothrix schenckii

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Hemoptysis

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TB
Parogonimus
Histoplasma

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Treatment for systemic mycoses

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Amphotericin B

Itraconazole

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Spherules with endospores

Desert bumps

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Coccidioides immitis

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Intracellular budding yeast
Bird droppings, bat guano
Hides in macrophage
Closely mimics tuberculosis

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Broad based bud

Most common cause of fungal pneumonia

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Mariner’s wheel

Chronic pneumonia, painful ulcers on mouth and nose

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Paracoccidioides brasiliences/Lutzii

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Narrow based bud
India ink
MCC of meningoencephalitis in HIV patients

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Acute angles (V branches)
Aspergiloma (fungus ball in lung cavities)
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Nonseptate hyphae with walls and branches at right angles
Rhino orbital cerebral infection with eschar formation
DKA, burns, leukemia

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Rhizopus oryzae, mucor

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MCC AIDS defining illness (CD<200)

Causes ARDS

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Pneumocystis jeroveci/carinii

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