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Microbiology 1 - Intermediate Mycoses

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Intermediate mycoses   subcutaneous tissue, involves blood vascular system & sometime brain, all can cause superficial mycoses  
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types of intermediate mycoses   sporothrix schenckii, blastomyces dermatidis, candida albicans, aspergillus fumigatus, zygomycoses, madura foot/maduromycosis  
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sporothris schenckii   granulomatous pus filled lesion  
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sporothrix schenckii sometimes disseminated   to lungs & other organs  
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sporothrix schenckii rx   amphotericin  
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blastomyces dermatidis   see sporothrix schenckii  
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candida albicans   major opportunistic agent  
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candidiasis   most common nosocominal fungal infections: in AIDS patients  
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candida albicans may be transmitted   sexually & by workers w/hands in water for long time - get skin & nail lesions  
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candida albicans can cause   trival-oral thrush, perleche, vaginitis, nails & deadly-lungs, kidneys, blood, heart, brain tumor  
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Aspergillus fumigatus   serious, fungus ball (farmer's lung), grows on decaying vegetables  
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aspergillus fumigatus   initially invades wounds, burns, cornea & external ear  
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aspergillus fumigatus Dx   finding hyphal fragments in biopsy tissues, death by asphyxiation  
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zygomycoses genre   rhizopus  
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zygomycoses infects   susceptible humans (untreated diabetics)  
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zygomycoses invades   lungs, CNS & eyes, can be rapidly fatal, difficult to treat  
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madura foot   maduromycosis  
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madura foot caused by   soil organisms including madurella  
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other bacteria involved in madura foot   nocardia actinomyses & streptomyces  
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madura foot results in   more amputations than any other  
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mandura foot in   tropical areas  
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mandura foot invades   muscle and bones, difficult to treat  
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