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==<font color="black">Adiaspiromycosis</font>==
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==<font color="purple">Adiaspiromycosis</font>==
   
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|q1=What is the pathogenesis of an adiaspiromycosis infection?
 
|q1=What is the pathogenesis of an adiaspiromycosis infection?
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==<font color="purple">Aspergillosis</font>==
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==<font color="black">Aspergillosis</font>==
 
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|q1=Fill in the missing words about aspergillosis infections: Aspergiollosis is found <font color="white">'''''worldwide'''''</font>. It is widely present in <font color="white">'''''nature'''''</font> and can colonise a <font color="white">'''''wide'''''</font> range of substrates under <font color="white">'''''different'''''</font> environmental conditions. It is abundant in <font color="white">'''''hay, straw'''''</font> and <font color="white">'''''grain'''''</font> which have <font color="white">'''''heated'''''</font> during storage.
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|q1=<small>Fill in the missing words about aspergillosis infections:  
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<br />Aspergiollosis is found _____. It is widely present in _____ and can colonise a _____ range of substrates under _____ environmental conditions. It is abundant in ______ and ______ which have ______ during storage.
 
|a1=Aspergiollosis is found worldwide. It is widely present in nature and can colonise a wide range of substrates under  different> environmental conditions. It is abundant in hay, straw and grain which have heated during storage.
 
|a1=Aspergiollosis is found worldwide. It is widely present in nature and can colonise a wide range of substrates under  different> environmental conditions. It is abundant in hay, straw and grain which have heated during storage.
 
|l1=Aspergillosis
 
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==<font color="purple">Blastomycosis</font>==
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==<font color="black">Blastomycosis</font>==
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|q1=Describe the pathogenesis of a blastomycosis infection?
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*Respiratory infection
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*Lesions start in the lungs
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|<big>'''Describe the pathogenesis of a blastomycosis infection?'''
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*Haematogenous dissemination
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*Can be found in lesions in the eyes, brain, bones, skin and genitalia
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*'''''Respiratory infection'''''
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*Fatal if not treated
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*'''''Lesions start in the lungs'''''
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*Skin lesions may ulcerate forming granulomatous nodules
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*'''''Haematogenous dissemination'''''
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*'''''Can be found in lesions in the eyes, brain, bones, skin and genitalia'''''
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|q2=What do colonies look like on Blood agar?
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*'''''Fatal if not treated'''''
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*'''''Skin lesions may ulcerate forming granulomatous nodules'''''
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*Cream coloured
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*Waxy
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*Crinkled
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|<big>'''What do colonies look like on Blood agar?'''
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|l2=Blastomycosis
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|q3=What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar?
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*'''''Cream coloured'''''
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*'''''Waxy'''''
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*Grey coloured
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*Moist
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*White cotton-like mycelium which turns tan, brown and then black
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|l3=Blastomycosis
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|<big>'''What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar?'''
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|q4=How would you diagnose an infection?
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*'''''Grey coloured'''''
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*Clinical signs
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*Complement fixation test
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*'''''White cotton-like mycelium which turns tan, brown and then black'''''
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*ELISA
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*Counterimmunoelectrophoresis
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|l4=Blastomycosis
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|q5=How would you treat an infection?
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*'''''Clinical signs'''''
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*Amphotericin B
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*Imidazoles
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*'''''ELISA'''''
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*'''''Counterimmunoelectrophoresis'''''
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*'''''Amphotericin B'''''
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==<font color="purple">Coccidioidomycosis</font>==
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==<font color="black">Coccidioidomycosis</font>==
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|q1=What environmental conditions does ''Coccidioides immitis'' prefer?
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*Arid
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*Dusty
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*E.g. Mexico and the South-Western USA
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|l1=Coccidioidomycosis
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*'''''Arid'''''
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|q2=Describe the pathogenesis of coccidiomycosis infections?
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*'''''E.g. Mexico and the South-Western USA'''''
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*Respiratory infection
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*Causes localised nodules and granulomas
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*Lesions usually seen in the mediastinal lymph nodes and lungs
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|<big>'''Describe the pathogenesis of coccidiomycosis infections?'''
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*Dissemination can occur to the lungs, liver, spleen, brain and bones
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*'''''Respiratory infection'''''
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|q3=How would you diagnose an infection?
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*'''''Causes localised nodules and granulomas'''''
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*'''''Lesions usually seen in the mediastinal lymph nodes and lungs'''''
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*Clinical signs
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*'''''Dissemination can occur to the lungs, liver, spleen, brain and bones'''''
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*Complement fixation test
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*Latex agglutination
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*Immunodiffusion
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*A positive skin test indicates exposure
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*'''''Clinical signs'''''
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*'''''Complement fixation test'''''
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*'''''Latex agglutination'''''
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*'''''A positive skin test indicates exposure'''''
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==<font color="purple">Entomophthoromycisus</font>==
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==<font color="black">Entomophthoromycisus</font>==
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|q1=What clinical signs present with an infection of entomophthoromycisus?
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*Ulcerative granulomas in subcutaneous tissue
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*Large lesions affecting the skin on the head, neck and chest which have fistulous tracts extending to the lymph nodes
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|q2=How would you treat an infection?
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*'''''Ulcerative granulomas in subcutaneous tissue'''''
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*'''''Large lesions affecting the skin on the head, neck and chest which have fistulous tracts extending to the lymph nodes'''''
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*Surgical excision
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*Amphotericin B
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*Ketoconazole
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*'''''Surgical excision'''''
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*'''''Ketoconazole'''''
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==<font color="purple">Histoplasmosis</font>==
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==<font color="black">Histoplasmosis</font>==
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|q1=True or False: Histoplasmosis infections occur solely through ingestion of fungal spores?
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*False
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|<big>'''True or False: Histoplasmosis infections occur solely through ingestion of fungal spores'''
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*Infection is through both ingestion and respiratory
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*'''''False'''''
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|q2=Which organs/bodily systems are affected?
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*'''''Infection is through both ingestion and respiratory'''''
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*Reticuloendothelial
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*Pulmonary
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*Intestinal
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*'''''Reticuloendothelial'''''
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|q3=Histoplasma capsulatum are found intracellularly in which type of cell?
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*'''''Pulmonary'''''
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*Macrophages
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|l3=Histoplasmosis
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|<big>'''Histoplasma capsulatum are found intracellularly in which type of cell?'''
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*Clinical signs
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*'''''Macrophages'''''
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*Complement fixation test
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*Counterimmunoelectrodiffusion
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*Immunodiffusion
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*A positive skin test indicates exposure only (not an active infection)
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|l4=Histoplasmosis
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*'''''Clinical signs'''''
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*'''''Complement fixation test'''''
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*'''''Counterimmunoelectrodiffusion'''''
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*Amphotericin B
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*If Amphotericin B is contra-indicated, imidazoles can be given
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*'''''A positive skin test indicates exposure only (not an active infection)'''''
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*In acute and disseminated cases, the prognosis is poor
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*'''''Amphotericin B'''''
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==<font color="purple">Zygomycosis</font>==
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==<font color="black">Zygomycosis</font>==
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|q1=Which fungi cause zygomycosis?
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*Mucor
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*Absidia
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*Rhizopus
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*Mortierella
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*'''''Absidia'''''
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*Lymph nodes of the repiratory and ailimentary tract are infected
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*'''''Lymph nodes of the repiratory and ailimentary tract are infected'''''
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*Mediastinal and submandibular lymph nodes
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*Stomach ulcers
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*Embolic tumours in the lungs and liver
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*Mediastinal, bronchial and mesenteric lymph nodes
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*'''''Mediastinal, bronchial and mesenteric lymph nodes'''''
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*'''''Ulcers in the nasal cavity and abomasum'''''
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*Amphotericin B
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*Surgical excision
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