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Histoplasmosis Transmission |
inhalation of spores |
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Histoplasmosis Causative Agents |
histoplasma capsulatum |
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Histoplasmosis Geographic Distribution |
Ohio & Mississippi River Valley Carribbean basin Central America |
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Coccidioidomycosis Transmission |
1/2 cells die, inhaled, spherule --> edospore |
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Coccidioidomycosis Predisposing Factors |
Impaired CMI AIDS |
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Coccidioidomycosis Causative Agent |
Coccidioides immitis Coccidioides posadasii |
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Coccidioidomycosis Geographic Distribution |
Southwest US Latin America |
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Paracoccidiomycosis Transmission |
Pilot wheel |
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Paracoccidiomycosis Causative Agent |
Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis |
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Paracoccidiomycosis Geographic Distribution |
Latin America |
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Oral Thrush Predisposing Factor |
HIV |
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Cryptococcosis Predisposing Factor |
HIV |
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Aspergillosis Predisposing factor |
Inhalation of spores |
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Mucormycosis Predisposing Factor |
Diabetes, Bone Marrow Transplant |
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Pneumocytosis Predisposing Factor |
HIV, low CD4, Resp. route |
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Oral Thrush Causative Agent |
Candidiasis |
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Oral Thrush Clinical Presentation |
Oral mucosa lesions |
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Aspergilliosis Causative Agent |
Aspergillus |
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Aspergillosis Clinical Features |
Depends on host: Allergic Bronchopulonary, Aspergilloma, Invasive aspergillosis |
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Treatment of Apsergillosis |
Voriconazole |
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Mucormycosis Causative Agent |
Rhizopus & Mucor |
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Mucormycosis Clinical |
Blood vessel invasion, black, necrotic lesions
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Mucormycosis Treatment |
Surgery |
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Pneumocytosis Causative Agent |
Pneumocystis jiroveci |
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Pneumocytosis Clinical Presentation |
Pneumonia, shortness of breath, fever, non productive cough, positive B-D- glucan |
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Pneumocytosis treatment |
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole Pentamidine & Atrovaquone *Can't use amphoterecin or azoles b/c no cell wall |