Sketchy MicroBiology: Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis

Piratas del Sur — Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis

Treasure map – location of geographic distribution (Brazil, South America)

Dimorphic Butterfly – Mold in the “cold”, Yeast in the “heat”

Captains Wheel — Paracocci and yeast form: multiple buds that radiate out in a central pattern. Rounded and bulbish shape = “Captain’s Wheel”

Red in captain’s wheel – Size of a RBC to a Paracocci

Captain is coughing – major symptom and transmission is through respiratory droplets / coughing

White beads – lymphadenopathy in lymph node chain in cervical region, inguinal, etc.

Medallions over chest – Granulomatous nature of the disease → spreads to lungs

Bad teeth — Mucosal ulcers and cutaneous lesions in the upper mouth → small hemorrhages

Pine Cones — Treatment with -azole

Frogs — Treatment with amphotericin B