Parasite: Fungi

zygomycota

conjugation fungi
aseptate hypha
sporangiospores
zygospores

Ascomycota

sac fungi
mold with porous septate hyphae
conidiospores
ascospores

Basidiomycota

club fungi
fruting body
asexual spres: vary
basidiospores

example of zygomycota

Rhizopus stolonitera

systematic mycosis example

Coccidioidomycosis: valley fever
agent: Coccidioides immitis
phylum: ascomyetes
arthrospores germinate to produce large spherules"
ROE: respiratory 60% asymptomatic

agent of Coccidiomycosis

Coccidioides immitis

Disseminated Cocciodioidomycosis

5% of people develop it, usually immunocompromised people. Goes from the lungs to the rest of body
Fungomas - modular growth inlung
Cutaneous Lesion

Subcutaneous Mycosis

Sporotrichosis
agent: Sporothrix schenckil
phylum: ascomycetes
ROE: Traumatized Skin

Fixed form of Sporotrichosis

see local response from your body

lymphocutaneous from of Sporotrichosis

lymphatic movement of sporotrichosis

Dermatomycosis

Ring worm
agent: Trichophyton sp.
Phylum: asomycetes
ROE: direct contact
Produces keratinase to destroy keratin and drill into epidermis

Opportunistic Mycosis example 1

Candidiasis
agent: Candida albicans
phylum: ascomycetes
ROE: Direct Contact
Common places to infect are the mouth and vagina

opportunistic mycosis example 2

Cryptococcosis
agent: Cryptococcus neoformans
Phylum: basidiomycota
ROE: Respiration
Can disseminate into skin bone and internal organs

Opportunistic Mycosis example 3

Aspergillosis
Agent: Aspergillosis fumigatus
Phylum: ascomycetes
ROE: Respiration
Most common lung fungal infection. Can grow into a ball in the lungs called aspergilloma