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systemic, opportunistic pathogen, causes black bread mold; can cause respiratory infection in immunosuppressed individuals.
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PYLUM Sygomycota:
Rhizopus |
bread
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PYLUM Zygomycota:
Mucor |
systemic, opportunistic pathogen, respiratory infection in immunosuppressed individuals
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Pylum ascomycota:
Aspergillus |
systemic, opportunistic pathogen; can be respiratory if spores are inhaled; Aspergillus plavus can also produce an alatoxin (carcenogenic toxin) that can contaminate some grains and animal feeds.
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systemic, inhalation; causes abscesses and extensive tissue damage; found in soil in Mississippi Valley area, treated with amphotericin B.
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Pylum ascomycota:
Blastomyces dermatitidis |
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Pylum ascomycota:
Histoplasma capsulatum |
systemic, found in soil and bird droppings, acquired by inhalation; infection resembles TB; occasionally fatal; found in soil in Ohio and Mississippi river valleys; reated with amphotericin B.
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Pylum ascomycota:
Microsporum |
soil, animals, cutaneous, Tinea capitis (ringworm).
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Pylum ascomycota:
Trichophyton |
soil, animals, cutaneous, Tinea pedis (athlete's foot).
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Pylum Anamorphs:
Sporothrix schenckii |
subcutaneous mycosis, puncture wound, most cases occur among gardeners or others working with soil; Christmas tree disease.
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Pylum Anamorphs:
Stachybotrys |
opportunistic pathogen that has been found growing on water damaged walls of homes, preliminary reports connect the toxic spores with fatal pulmonary hemorhage in infants. Black mold.
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Pylum Anamorphs:
Coccidiodes immitis |
found in desert soil of US Southwest, systemic, inhalation; fever coughing, weight loss, occasionally fatal; San Joaquin Valley Fever.
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Pylum Anamorphs: Pneumocystis
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systemic opportunistic pathogen; pneumonia; a common, serious complication of aids. no sysmptoms in people with healthy immune system.
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Pylum Anamorphs:
Candida albicans |
human microbiota, opportunistic pathogen, causes thrush and vaginal yeast.
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Smell like albacore
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Pylum Basidiomycota:
Cryptococcus neoformans |
soil, bird feces, systemic, acquired by inhalation, fungal meningitis, treated with amphotericin B and flucytosine in combination, moratlity rate of 30%.
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Pylum Anamorphs:
Amanita |
Toxic mushrooms.
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Nita Red
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