SUBCUTANEOUS FUNGI Flashcards
Pathogenic Sporothrix species can be found mainly in
soil
thorny plants
Superficial, subcutaneous tissue and contiguous lymphatics infection is usually acquired through
traumatic inoculation
Pulmonary sporotrichosis are acquired by
Inhalation
Primary host agents of S. brasiliensis
Cats
This is transmitted from bites or scratches from stray cats,
S. brasiliensis
S. schenckii’s mixed inflammatory reaction is seen in the … as well as in disseminated disease.
dermis
subcutaneous tissue
provokes mixed suppurative (including eosinophils) and granulomatous inflammatory reaction that is often accompanied by fibrosis and microabscess formation.
S. schenckii
What are the Sporothrix schenckii species
S. schenckii
S. albicans
S. braziliensis
S. globosa
S. luriei
S. mexicana
S. pallida
S. chilensis
Also known as Splendore-Hoeppli
Asteroid bodies
a radiating eosinophilic material typically forms around the yeastlike cells.
Splendore-Hoeppli (asteroid bodies)
Lesions of cutaneous infection usually exhibit
Hyperkeratosis
Parakeratosis
Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia
It is a species of Sporotrix shenckii that is highly virulent and has caused an epidemic in Brazil
S. braziliensis
Also known as asteroid bodies
Splendore-Hoeppli
It is one of the species of Sporotrix shenckii which is less aggressive and is mainly endemic in Asia
S. globosa
It is one of the species of Sporotrix schenckii that causes superficial infection in the human cornea
S. pallida