Mycology Flashcards
type of fungal infections
- systemic mycoses
- Cutaneous mycoses
- opportunistic fungal infections
systemic mycoses - clinical manifestation
pneumonia and can disseminate
systemic mycoses - diseases?
- Histoplasmosis
- Blastomycosis
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Paracoccidioidomycosis
systemic mycoses - appearance
all dimorphic fungi
EXCEPT COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS –> SPHERULE - NOT YEAST IN TISSUE
dimorphic fungi?
cold (20c) –> mold
heat (37c) –> yeast
coccidioidomycosis - appearance in tissue
spherule (not yeast)
systemic mycoses -treatment
local infection: fluconazole or intraconazole
systemic infection: amphotericin B
systemic mycoses can mimic … (WHY) - except
TB (granouloma formation)
except, unlike TB, no peroson to person transmission
Histoplasmosis - area (map)
Mississippi and Ohio River valleys
Histoplasmosis causes
pneumonia and erythema nodosum
Histoplasmosis - under the microscope
Macrophage filled with Histoplasma (smaller thatn RBC)
Histoplasmosis - source
Bird or bat dropping
Blastomycosis - area (map)
Eastern US and Central America
Blastomycosis causes
inflammatory lund disease and can disseminate to skin and bones
Blastomycosis forms
granulomatous nodules
Blastomycosis - under the microscope
Broad-based budding
same size as RBCs
Coccidioidomycosis - area (map)
Southwestern US, California
Coccidioidomycosis causes
Pneumonia, meningitis and can dissemiante to bone and skin (deseert bumps --> erythema nodosum, desert theumatism --> arthralgias)
Coccidioidomycosis - case rate increases after … (WHY)
earthquakes (spores in dust thrown into air –> inhaled –> spheruls in lung
Coccidioidomycosis - under the microscope
spherule filled with endospores
much larger than RBCs
Coccidioidomycosis is also called
Valley fever
Valley fever is
Coccidioidomycosis
Paracocciddioidomycosis - area (map)
Latin america
Paracocciddioidomycosis under the microscope
Budding yeast with “captain’s wheel formation
much larger than RBCs