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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