SYSTEMIC MYCOSES Flashcards
Other term for Blastomycosis
- North American Blastomycosis
- Chicago disease
- Gilchrist’s disease
broad based budding yeast
blastomyces immitis
antigen
antigen A and B
other term for Coccidioidomycosis
- san joaquin valley fever, desert fever
barrel shaped arthroconidia
Coccidioides immitis
Major biohazard
(Laboratory acquired
infection)
Microscopy
Spherulin antigen test
Coccidioidin skin test
Coccidioides immitis
ANTIGENS
antigen HS, HL, F
inhalation of droppings
from bat, bird guanos,
chicken coops
Histoplasma capsulatum
mimic tuberculosis
Histoplasma capsulatum
systemic mycoses of H. capsulatum
Histoplasmosis / Darling’s
disease, Spelunker’s
disease / Cave disease
H. capsulatum antigens
H&M antigens
other names of Paracoccidioidomycosis
- Brazilian Blastomycosis
- Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease
Paracoccidioides
brasiliensis antigen
antigen 1,2,3 (mag 123 pag PARA)
Large, round to oval, thick-walled yeast cells with
multiple buds that attach
to mother cell by narrow
constrictions
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
ship’s wheel
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis