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Candida albicans |
*Yeast *common cause of vaginitis *oral thrush in AIDS and infants *noscomial infections
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Crytococcus neformans |
*encapsulated yeast *meningitits and death *inhalation of soil enriched with pigeon poop
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Dermoatophytes |
MOLDS *Trichopyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton *tinea pedis can be accquired from others |
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Coccidiodes immitis |
MOLDS "Valley fever" flu like inhaled arthospores from arid soils |
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Pneumocystis jirovecii |
Fungi important cause of death in AIDS and malnurished infants |
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Fungi are divied into 5 major groups |
1. Chytridio-mycetes 2.Ascomycetes 3.Zygomycetes 4.Basidiomycetes 5. Deutromycetes |
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Fungi cell walls are made up of |
mannans chitin glucans |
