1 A Molecular Perspective of Microbial Pathogenicity David A. Relman *, Stanley Falkow Keywords bacteriophage; clonality; commensal; commensalism; diagnostics; ecology; evolution; genomics; horizontal gene transfer; infectious diseases; intracellular parasites; metagenomics;…
Collection site Comments Abscesses, subcutaneous sites Aspirate abscess; sample base of subcutaneous lesions Blood Use maximum amount of blood recommended for the system being used Bone marrow Pediatric Isolator™ recommendedb…
Condition Presentation Differential diagnosis Tinea pedis Interdigital: scaling, fissuring, maceration, erosions, hyperhidrosis, pruritus, odor Candidiasis, erythrasma, bacterial infection, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, dyshidrotic eczema, Reiter’s syndrome Moccasin: fine silvery scales with…
Radiological finding Fungus Granulomas or solid enhancing lesions Aspergillus, Cryptococcus, Histoplasma, Candida, Paracoccidioides Abscesses Aspergillus, Blastomyces (epidural), Coccidioides, Cryptococcus, Candida, dematiaceous fungi, Pseudallescheria boydii (Scedosporium apiospermum) Parenchymal/leptomeningeal nodules; pseudocysts Cryptococcus…
Fig. 4.1 Budding cell of Blastomyces dermatitidis. Note that the daughter cell is almost as large as the mother cell and still connected by a pore. H&E hematoxylin and eosin….
Coccidioides was originally described as noted above as one species, C. immitis. More recently, two genetically distinct populations of Coccidioides have been described, C. immitis and Coccidioides posadasii, correlating to…
Fig. 16.1 The mycelial phase of B. dermatitidis (left) produces no unique characteristics which allow organism identification. As a yeast (right), B. dermatitidis has characteristic thick walled, multinucleated cells with…
Serotype Species and varieties Molecular types A C. neoformans var. grubii VN I, VN II, VN B B C. gattii VG I, VG II, VG III, VG IV C C….
Disease Affected population Clinical manifestations Laboratory diagnosis Treatment Chromoblastomycosis (also called chromomycosis, verrucous dermatitis, figueiraa) Usually in men aged 30–50 who work as farm laborers, lumberjacks, or sellers of farm…
Fig. 20.1 Microscopic view of the mold form of Sporothrix schenckii grown at 25 ℃ on Sabouraud dextrose agar. Note the thin septate hyphae with conidiophores that bear oval conidia that…
