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+ | [[Aspergillosis]] | ||
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+ | ===[[Blastomycosis]]=== | ||
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+ | ===Histoplasmosis=== | ||
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+ | *Caused by [[Yeast-like fungi|''Histoplasma capsulatum'']] | ||
+ | *Gross lesions in lungs: | ||
+ | **Firm encapsulated granulomas ([[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|granulomatous pneumonia]]) | ||
+ | *Microscopic lesions: | ||
+ | **Macrophages with inracytoplasmic yeasts | ||
+ | *Also in other tissues | ||
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+ | ===[[Fungi|''Pneumocystis carinii'']]=== | ||
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+ | *Important cause of pneumonia in humans associated with immunodeficiency states | ||
+ | *It has been occasionally reported in young or immunosuppressed animals (e.g. Arabian foals with congenital immunodeficiency) | ||
+ | *Grossly: | ||
+ | **Diffuse [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Interstitial pneumonia|interstitial]] [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of pneumonia|pneumonia]] | ||
+ | **Patches of firmness or consolidation | ||
+ | *Histologically: | ||
+ | **Alveoli are filled with pale staining acidophilic material (= trophozoite and cyst forms of the organism) | ||
+ | *It is thought that as P. carinii is often present as a latent infection, alveolar macrophages normally control the organism - a process which fails in immunodeficient states |
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Blastomycosis
Histoplasmosis
- Caused by Histoplasma capsulatum
- Gross lesions in lungs:
- Firm encapsulated granulomas (granulomatous pneumonia)
- Microscopic lesions:
- Macrophages with inracytoplasmic yeasts
- Also in other tissues
Pneumocystis carinii
- Important cause of pneumonia in humans associated with immunodeficiency states
- It has been occasionally reported in young or immunosuppressed animals (e.g. Arabian foals with congenital immunodeficiency)
- Grossly:
- Diffuse interstitial pneumonia
- Patches of firmness or consolidation
- Histologically:
- Alveoli are filled with pale staining acidophilic material (= trophozoite and cyst forms of the organism)
- It is thought that as P. carinii is often present as a latent infection, alveolar macrophages normally control the organism - a process which fails in immunodeficient states