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[[Aspergillosis]]
 
 
 
[[Cryptococcosis]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===[[Blastomycosis]]===
 
 
 
===Histoplasmosis===
 
 
 
*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
 
 
 
===[[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
 

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