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==Adiaspiromycosis==
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*Haplomycosis
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*''Emmonsia crescens''
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**Does not proliferate within the animal body
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**Each spore develops into a thick-walled spherule called a '''adiaspore'''
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*Non-contageous, pulmonary mycosis
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*Worldwide
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*Affects burrowing rodents and small animals
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*Respiratory infection
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*Spetate hyphae with large numbers of small, round conidia either singly or in groups on the ends of the short conidiospores can be seen
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==Aspergillosis==
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*''Aspergillus fumigatus'' causes [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|rhinitis]] and in [[Respiratory Fungal Infections - Pathology#|respiratory tract inflammation]], also [[Paranasal Sinuses Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of sinusitis|sinusitis]], [[Guttural Pouches Inflammatory - Pathology|guttural pouch mycosis]]
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*Sometimes appears on [[Nasal Cavity Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Progressive ethmoidal haematoma|lesions of ethmoidal haematoma]]
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*May cause [[Bronchi and Bronchioles Inflammatory - Pathology#Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)|COPD]]
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==Blastomycosis==
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*North America
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==Coccidioidomycosis==
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*''Coccidioides immitis''
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*Ocurs in the soil
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**Respiratory infections
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**Most commonly seen following dust storms
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*Occurs in arid regions
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**E.g. South West USA and Mexico
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*Non-contageous, systemic mycosis
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*Affects dogs, cattle, sheep and humans
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*Mainly affects the lungs
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**Dissemination can occur to other organs
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*Thick-walled spherule in tissue
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*Saprophytic phase consists of coarse, septate, branching hyphae which fragment into thick-walled, barrel-shaped arthrospores which alternate with empty cells
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==Entomophthoromycisus==
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*Basidiobolmycosis
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==Histoplasmosis==
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*''Histoplasma capsulatum''
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*Non-contageous, systemic mycosis
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*Commonly pulmonary infections occur
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**Other organs can be involved
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*Endemic to the USA
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**Isolated cases have been reported in Europe
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*Respiratory infection
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*Affects dogd, cats, cattle, horses and humans
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*Present intracellularly in macrophages as oval yeast cells with few buds
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*Found in soil contaminated by bird droppings and in caes inhabited by bats
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*Fine, branching, septate hyphae with smooth-walled pyriform to spherical microconidia and large, thick-walled tuberculate macroconidia on simple conidiophores
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==Zygomycosis==
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*Mucormycosis
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==Further Links==
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*[[Antifungal Drugs]]

Revision as of 13:06, 4 May 2009



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FUNGI



Adiaspiromycosis

  • Haplomycosis
  • Emmonsia crescens
    • Does not proliferate within the animal body
    • Each spore develops into a thick-walled spherule called a adiaspore
  • Non-contageous, pulmonary mycosis
  • Worldwide
  • Affects burrowing rodents and small animals
  • Respiratory infection
  • Spetate hyphae with large numbers of small, round conidia either singly or in groups on the ends of the short conidiospores can be seen

Aspergillosis

Blastomycosis

  • North America

Coccidioidomycosis

  • Coccidioides immitis
  • Ocurs in the soil
    • Respiratory infections
    • Most commonly seen following dust storms
  • Occurs in arid regions
    • E.g. South West USA and Mexico
  • Non-contageous, systemic mycosis
  • Affects dogs, cattle, sheep and humans
  • Mainly affects the lungs
    • Dissemination can occur to other organs
  • Thick-walled spherule in tissue
  • Saprophytic phase consists of coarse, septate, branching hyphae which fragment into thick-walled, barrel-shaped arthrospores which alternate with empty cells

Entomophthoromycisus

  • Basidiobolmycosis

Histoplasmosis

  • Histoplasma capsulatum
  • Non-contageous, systemic mycosis
  • Commonly pulmonary infections occur
    • Other organs can be involved
  • Endemic to the USA
    • Isolated cases have been reported in Europe
  • Respiratory infection
  • Affects dogd, cats, cattle, horses and humans
  • Present intracellularly in macrophages as oval yeast cells with few buds
  • Found in soil contaminated by bird droppings and in caes inhabited by bats
  • Fine, branching, septate hyphae with smooth-walled pyriform to spherical microconidia and large, thick-walled tuberculate macroconidia on simple conidiophores

Zygomycosis

  • Mucormycosis

Further Links