Pathogenic Fungi

Identify the pathogen and the disease it causes.

This fungus causes wheezing, coughing, fever, chest pain, shortness of breath, and fungus balls.

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It relies on airborne transmission through inhalation of spores.

aspergillosis- Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus

This fungus causes fever, chills, cough, muscle aches, joint pain, and chest pain.

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It relies on airborne transmission through inhalation of spores.

blastomycosis- Blastomyces dermatitidis

Oropharyngeal symptoms include white patches on the tongue and other oral mucous membranes, redness or soreness in the affected areas, difficulty swallowing, and cracking at the corners of the mouth.

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Vaginal symptoms include genital itching, burning, and thick, white vaginal discharge

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Invasive symptoms include fever and chills.

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This fungus infections results from an overgrowth of the fungus due to an imbalance in the resident flora

candidiasis/thrush- Candida albicans

This fungus causes fever, cough, headache, rash on upper trunk or extremities, muscle ache, joint joint in the knees or ankles, skin lesions, chronic pneumonia, meningitis, bone/joint infection

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Relies on airborne transmission through inhalation of spores

valley fever (coccidioidomycosis)- Coccidioides

This fungus causes redness, scaling, cracking of the skin or a ring-shaped rash, and loss of hair at the site of infection

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Transmitted through direct contact with an infected person

ringworm- dermatophytes (Trichophyton rubrum and T. tonsurans)

This fungus causes shortness of breath, cough, fatigue, fever, headache, and meningitis.

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Airborne; one of the types is usually associated with bird droppings

cryptococcosis- Cryptococcus neoformans (associated with bird droppings) and C. gattii

This fungus causes fever, chest pains, and nonproductive cough.

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Airborne- usually associated with large amounts of bird/bat droppings

histoplasmosis- Histoplasma capsulatum

This fungus causes fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, and fatigue.

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Relies on airborne transmission through inhalation of spores

PCP (Pneumocystis pneumonia)-Pneumocystis jirovecii

This fungus causes a small, painless nodule at contact site. The lesion becomes larger over time and may ulcerate.

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Transmitted through direct contact with spores.

sporotrichosis- Sporothrix schenckii