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FUNGI AS ANIMAL PARASITE
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
