FUNGI AS ANIMAL PARASITE

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FUNGI AS ANIMAL PARASITE

Dermatophytoses

3 genera of ascomycetes –  Trichophyton sp. –  Microsporum sp. –  Epidermophyton floccosum

Only grow on skin, nails and hair

Tinea Unguium

Black Piedra and White Piedra

thru shared hair brushes,

superficial infection that forms nodules on hair shafts

Paracoccidioidomycosis

Treatment with Amphotericin B

Painful ulcerated gums, tongue, lips

Coccidioidomycosis

Can be transmitted from host to host

Windstorm or earthquakes

on hot land

Fungal Agents

Opportunistic fungi

lack protein and genetic characteristric

epidermophyton

microsporum

Trie fungi pathogen

Dimorphic fungi

histoplasma capsulatom

coicedeides immitis

blastomycete dermatitis

Diagnosis of fungal infection

Serological testing

antibody antigen

Laboratory cultures

using Sabouraud dextrose agar

Clinical

  districtive mycelial growth

parental history

Malassezia Infections

Pityriasis – chronic infections of M. furfu

Normal inhabitant of human skin

by Oppurtinistic fungi

Pneumocystis

mucor

cryptococcus

candida

aspergillus

Histoplasmosis

airborne

An intracellular parasite

Fungal Intoxication & Allergies

Mycotoxicoses

Toxicosis:

Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycoses

Sporotrichosi

Mycetomass

Chromoblastomycosis and Phaeohyphomycosis

Blastomycosis

Pulmonary Blastomycosis

Treatment: Itraconazol

Spore enter lung, convert to yeast forms and multiply

Systemic mycoses

via inhalation

not remain localise

spread through body

Mycoses

fungi pass resistance barriers

ingestion

trauma

inhalation