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13 Cards in this Set
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Systemic, Opportunistic pathogen, causes black bread mold; can cause respiratory infection in immunosuppressed individuals
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Phylum - Zygomycota
Genus - Rhizopus |
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Systemic, Opportunistic pathogen, respiratory infection in immunosuppressed individuals
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Phylum - Zygomycota
Genus - Mucor |
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Systemic, Opportunistic pathogen; can be respiratory if spores are inhaled; can produce an aflatoxin (Carcinogenic toxic) that can contaminate some grains and animal feeds
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Phylum - Ascomycota
Genus - Aspergillus |
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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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Phylum - Ascomycota
Genus - Blastomyces dermatitidis |
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Systemic, found in soil and bird droppings, acquired by inhalation; infection resembles TB; occasionaly fatal; found in soil in Ohio and Mississippi Valleys; treated with amphotericin B
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Phylum - Ascomycota
Genus - Histoplasma capsulatum |
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tinea capitis (ringworm)
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Phylum - Ascomycota
Genus - Microporum |
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tinea pedis (athlete's foot)
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Phylum - Ascomycota
Genus - Trichophyton |
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subcutaneous mycosis, puncture wound, more cases occur amoung gardeners or others working with soil; "Christmas tree disease"
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Phylum - Anamorphs
Genus - Sporothrix schenckii |
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Opportunistic pathogen that has been found growing on water-damaged walls of homes; preliminary reports connect the toxic spores with fatal pulmonary hemorrhage in infants
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Phylum - Anamorphs
Genus - Stachybotrys |
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Found in desert soil of the US South west, systemic, inhalation; fever, coughing, weight loss, occasionally fatal; "San Joaquin Valley Fever"
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Phylum - Anamorphs
Genus - Coccidiodes immitis |
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human microbiota, opportunistic pathogen causes thrush and vaginal yeast infections
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Phylum - Anamorphs
Genus - Candida albicans |
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Systemic opportunistic pathogen; pneumonia; a common, serious complication of AIDS; no symptoms in people with healthy immune system
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Phylum- Anamorphs
Genus - Pneumocystis |
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Soil, bird feces, systemic, acquired by inhalation, "fungal meningitis", treated with amphotericin B and flucytosine in combination, mortality rate 30%
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Phylum - Basidiomycota
Genus - Cryptococcus neoformans |
