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| − | [[Aspergillosis]]
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| − | ===''Cryptococcus neoformans''===
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| − | *[[Yeast-like fungi|''Cryptococcus neoformans'']]
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| − | *Causes a [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|granulomatous rhinitis]], gelatinous exudate, [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|granulomatous pneumonia]]
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| − | *Nodules or destructive masses which often result in facial swelling
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| − | *In severe cases, extension from nasal cavity to involve skin and oral mucosa can occur
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| − | *Can invade through adjacent structures, eg: through the cribiform plate into the brain! These cases therefore can present as a primary neurological disease.
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| − | *Microscopic:
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| − | **Large number of fungi and only few macrophages, lymphocytes and giant cells
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| − | ===Blastomycosis===
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| − | *Caused by [[Yeast-like fungi|''Blastomyces dermatitidis'']]
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| − | *Occurs mainly in the Americas, Middle East and Africa, occasionally in Europe
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| − | *Mainly in young dogs, occasionally other species
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| − | *Can involve almost any tissue after spread from lungs
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| − | *Gross lesions:
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| − | **[[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|Granulomatous pneumonia]]
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| − | *Microscopic lesions:
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| − | **Yeast fungi with thich walls in nodules with macrophages, [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] and giant cells
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| − | ===Histoplasmosis===
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| − | *Caused by [[Yeast-like fungi|''Histoplasma capsulatum'']]
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| − | *Gross lesions in lungs:
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| − | **Firm encapsulated granulomas ([[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|granulomatous pneumonia]])
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| − | *Microscopic lesions:
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| − | **Macrophages with inracytoplasmic yeasts
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| − | *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
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| − | *It has been occasionally reported in young or immunosuppressed animals (e.g. Arabian foals with congenital immunodeficiency)
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| − | *Grossly:
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| − | **Diffuse [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Interstitial pneumonia|interstitial]] [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of pneumonia|pneumonia]]
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| − | **Patches of firmness or consolidation
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| − | *Histologically:
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| − | **Alveoli are filled with pale staining acidophilic material (= trophozoite and cyst forms of the organism)
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| − | *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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