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Histoplasum capsulatum
NO CAPSULE |
hyphae environment
yeast in body ICZ at risk, no p2p fungus grows as mold- spores released and inhaled |
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HC
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mississippi and ohio
pathogenesis: inhaled microcondida and multiply in macrophage dissemination in lymph nodes mimics TB |
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Penicilliosis-
penicillium marneffi |
epi- asia BAMBOO RATS
resembles HISTO in AIDS pts |
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Blastomyces dermatitidis
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moist soil, hunters
acute pneumonia/ chronic skin pathogenesis: inhalation of conidia BIG YEAST lactophenol cotton blue stain |
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Coccidiodes
1. c immitis (CA) 2. c posadasii (non-CA) |
dimorphic- mold in soil
arthocondida- infectious unit in soil endospores- released from ruptured tissue Larger than human cell |
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C disease
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most asymptomatic
pyogranulomatous immune response acute valley fever- flu chronic fibrocavitary pulmonary dz: mimics TB pneumonia hazardous to grow in lab |
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paracoccidiodes brasilensis
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central and south america
primary pulmonary disease *disseminates in males as females protected by estrogen granulomatous skin lesions large yeasts with multiple buds (mariner's wheel) |
