mycology cardiorespiratory

Question 1

what are our three upper respiratory mycoses

Answer 1

aspergillosis
cryptococcosis
rhinosporidiosis

Question 2

diffuse seeding in the lungs of a dog

Answer 2

1 ddx is blastomycosis

Question 3

what are the main fungi that infect dogs from the four we learned in DWT

Answer 3

blasto, histo and coccidoides

Question 4

who gets cryptococcus

Answer 4

cats

Question 5

what is the treatment, diagnoses, and prognosis differences between canine nasal aspergillosis and canine disseminated aspergillosis

Answer 5

canine nasal: diagnose with tissue culture or antibodies, treat topically, 90% cure

disseminated: diagnose with antigen test, most euthanize in one week.

Question 6

equine: unilateral epistaxis, dysphagia, discharge, sudden nasal hemorrhage and death

Answer 6

ddx: gutteral pouch mycosis

Question 7

what is the pathophysiology of equine pulmonary aspergillosis

Answer 7

horse had colic/colitis/glucocorticoids -> GIT compromised -> aspergillosis invades and enters blood stream -> showers lungs with embolic nodules

Question 8

where do rhinosporidium live and what is the main sign they cause:

Answer 8

warm water. polypoid masses or nodules in the nose

Question 9

What does pneumocystosis cause and in what patients

Answer 9

chronic diffuse interstitial pneumonia in severely immunocompromised patients. Weiner dogs and CKCS

Question 10

what is the main presenting signs in canine disseminated aspergillosis

Answer 10

musculoskeletal, neuro, respiratory. bony lysis lymphadomegaly