Yeast-like fungi

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FUNGI



Candidosis


Cryptococcosis


Geotrichosis


Malassezia pachydermidis


Rhodotorula

  • Rhodotorula minuta and R. rubra
  • Canine ear infections
  • Seldom seen in animal infections

Torulopsis glabrata

  • Commensal in animals and is found in the soil
  • Implicated in cases of:
    • Pyelonephritis, pneumonia, septicaemia and meningitis (humans)
    • Mastitis and abortion in cattle
    • Systemic infection of monkeys and dogs

Trichosporonosis

  • Found in soil
  • Deuteromycetes yeast
  • Trichosporonosis beigelii
    • Implicated in feline nasal granuloma, skin infections in horses and monkeys, mastitis in cattle and sheep and in feline bladder infections
  • T. capitum implicated in bovine mastitis

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