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4 main identification criteria of molds
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1. growth rate
2. presence of yeast phase (dimorphic?) 3. colonial morphology 4. Biochemical tests |
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Hyaline molds
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have septate unpigmented hyphae
- Apergillus |
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Aspergillus are..
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smokey green/gray
infect immunocompromised patients |
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Aspergillus fumigatus
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Farmer's Lung
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Aspergillus niger
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otomycosis
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Aspergillus flavus
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infects peanuts and can cause liver cancer eventually
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Penicilium marneffei
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greenish, bread
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Dermatophytes
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infect skin and body surfaces
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trichophyton mentagrophytes
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Jock itch
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Kerion
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on head
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Mucorales
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soil and decaying vegetation
-can cause mucormycosis in immunocompromised |
