Difference between revisions of "Respiratory Fungal Infections - Pathology"

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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 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

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+[[Aspergillosis]]
+[[Cryptococcosis]]
+===[[Blastomycosis]]===
+===[[Histoplasmosis]]===
+===[[Fungi|''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 [[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