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Pathogenesis: 1. Tinea Capitis 2. Tinea Barbae 3. Tinea Corporis 4. Tinea Cruris 5. Tinea pedis/manuum 6. Tinea unguium |
1. Ringworm - Scalp/hair 2. " " - Chin/Beard 3. " " - Body/Smooth Skin 4. " " - Groin/Jock itch 5. " " - Foot & Hand 6. " " - Nails |
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Opportunistic Pathogens: 1. Candida albicans a. Candidiasis b. Thrush c. Vulvovaginal yeast infection d. Cutaneous candidiasis |
*Predisposing factors 1. fungal nosocomial infections a. Yeast infection/ budding cells form pseudohyphae, short-lived b. thick, white growth (mouth & throat) c. Female/discharge & ulceration d. moist areas of skin/ burn victims |
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1. Cryptococcus neoformans 2. Pneumocystis (carinii) jiroveci 3. Aspergillus 4. Zygomycosis 5. Mycotoxicoses a. stachybotrys chartarum |
1. Yeast / common in AIDS, cancer & diabetes 2. Infection of lungs blocks breathing / causes pneumonia / affected meninges & brain 3. Airborne soil fungus / affects lungs, eyes, heart & brain 4. Soil, water fungi / opportunistic (diabetes) / membranes of eyes, nose, heart & brain 5. Fungal toxins / poisonous food a. "black mold" causes cancer (sick building syndrome) |
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Protista Subkingdoms: 1. Algae a. Karenia brevis b. Cyanobacteria 2. Protozoa a. trophozoite vs. cyst |
Actual kingdom - organisms lacking special tissue 1. Photosynthetic / may or may not have flagella a. grows quick creates blooms / red tide produce toxin brevetoxins b. blue-green algae / produce toxins by drinking or bathing standing bodies of water 2. Most harmless, spread by vectors / heterotrophic - feed on other microbes a. feeding stage (active) / dormant stage - some can do both stages & produce sexually |
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Protozoan Classification: 1. Nastigophora 2. Sarcodina 3. Ciliophora 4. Apicomplexa |
1. Flagella motility / sexual / cyst & trop capable 2. Sudopod (false feet) motility / asexual 3. Cilia motility / C & T capable 4. No motility (rely on vectors) / both sex & asex |
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1. Balantidium coli 2. Leishmaniasis 3. Amebiasis |
1. Intestinal erosion / ingested / healthy resistant 2. Sand fly bite / large sores (L. major - most common) 3. Large trophozoite / humans primary hosts / ingested / cyst to 4 active cells |
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1. Entamoeba histolytica 2. Naegleria fowleri/Acanthamoeba 3. Giardia Iamblia 4. Trichomonas a. Trichomonas vaginalis / trichomoniasis |
1. Small intestine (4 cysts) / asymptomatic / enzyme dissolves tissues (tumor like growths - liver & lungs) 2. standing water thru nasal passage / infiltration of brain 3. Travelers diarrhea (shed in feces) / ingested / pathogenic cysts into duodenum / resistant to bleach 4. Pear-shaped, 4 flagella / only trophoziote no movement a. asystematic (strict parasite) Female - foul smell, yellow discharge Male - urethritis / milky discharge (diagnosed by smear) / STD |
