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[[Image:Pulmonary aspergillosis.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Fungi (aspergillus). [[H&E stain]].]]
'''Fungi''' (singular '''fungus''') are [[microorganisms]] that are occasionally seen by pathologists.
'''Fungi''' (singular '''fungus''') are [[microorganisms]] that are occasionally seen by pathologists.


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*[[Mucor]].
*[[Mucor]].
*[[Aspergillus]].
*[[Aspergillus]].
===Sign out===
*The gold standard for determining the microorganisms is culture.
*As anatomical pathologists are approximately 80% accurate (when measured against culture), it is important to state something like ''correlation with culture is recommended''.<ref name=pmid19228642>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sangoi | first1 = AR. | last2 = Rogers | first2 = WM. | last3 = Longacre | first3 = TA. | last4 = Montoya | first4 = JG. | last5 = Baron | first5 = EJ. | last6 = Banaei | first6 = N. | title = Challenges and pitfalls of morphologic identification of fungal infections in histologic and cytologic specimens: a ten-year retrospective review at a single institution. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 131 | issue = 3 | pages = 364-75 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1309/AJCP99OOOZSNISCZ | PMID = 19228642 }}</ref>


==Summary table==
==Summary table==
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| Habitat: Northeast America, Africa
| Habitat: Northeast America, Africa
| <ref name=Ref_APBR682>{{Ref APBR|682}}</ref><ref>[http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/mycology-6.htm http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/mycology-6.htm]</ref>
| <ref name=Ref_APBR682>{{Ref APBR|682}}</ref><ref>[http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/mycology-6.htm http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/mycology-6.htm]</ref>
| [http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/blast1.jpg Blastomyces]
| [[Image:Blastomycosis_cropped.JPG | thumb|center|150px|Blastomyces. (WC)]]
|-
|-
| Paracoccidioides ([[paracoccidioidomycosis]])
| Paracoccidioides ([[paracoccidioidomycosis]])
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**Usu. from soil.
**Usu. from soil.
*Typical locations: lung, oral cavity.<ref name=Ref_WMSP3>{{Ref WMSP|3}}</ref>  
*Typical locations: lung, oral cavity.<ref name=Ref_WMSP3>{{Ref WMSP|3}}</ref>  
*+/-Immunodeficiency.<ref name=pmid23824371>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nguyen | first1 = C. | last2 = Barker | first2 = BM. | last3 = Hoover | first3 = S. | last4 = Nix | first4 = DE. | last5 = Ampel | first5 = NM. | last6 = Frelinger | first6 = JA. | last7 = Orbach | first7 = MJ. | last8 = Galgiani | first8 = JN. | title = Recent advances in our understanding of the environmental, epidemiological, immunological, and clinical dimensions of coccidioidomycosis. | journal = Clin Microbiol Rev | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 505-25 | month = Jul | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1128/CMR.00005-13 | PMID = 23824371 }}</ref>
*Predominantly southwest USA and Mexico.<ref name=pmid23068145>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Welsh | first1 = O. | last2 = Vera-Cabrera | first2 = L. | last3 = Rendon | first3 = A. | last4 = Gonzalez | first4 = G. | last5 = Bonifaz | first5 = A. | title = Coccidioidomycosis. | journal = Clin Dermatol | volume = 30 | issue = 6 | pages = 573-91 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.01.003 | PMID = 23068145 }}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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====Images====
====Images====
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Coccidioidomycosis - intermed mag.jpg |  Coccidioidomycosis - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Coccidioidomycosis - high mag.jpg | Coccidioidomycosis - high mag. (WC)
Image:Coccidioidomycosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Coccidioidomycosis - very high mag. (WC)
Image:Coccidioidomycosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Coccidioidomycosis - very high mag. (WC)
Image:Coccidioidomycosis_-_2_-_gms_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Coccidioidomycosis - GMS - very high mag. (WC)
Image:Coccidioidomycosis_-_2_-_gms_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Coccidioidomycosis - GMS - very high mag. (WC)
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**Approximately 7-8 μm in size.
**Approximately 7-8 μm in size.


Images:
DDx:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pneumocystosis_carinii_of_lung_in_AIDS_959_lores.jpg The frothy casts of PCP (WC)].
*[[Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis]].
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Pneumocystosis_carinii_of_lung_in_AIDS_959_lores.jpg | The frothy casts of PCP. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Pneumocystis+carinii&go=Go Several images of PCP (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Pneumocystis+carinii&go=Go Several images of PCP (WC)].


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*May be confused with corpora amylacea in the CNS, esp. as they (like cryptococci) stain for methenamine silver, Alcian blue, and PAS.<ref>URL: [http://flylib.com/books/en/2.953.1.17/1/ http://flylib.com/books/en/2.953.1.17/1/]. Accessed on: 15 December 2010.</ref>
*May be confused with corpora amylacea in the CNS, esp. as they (like cryptococci) stain for methenamine silver, Alcian blue, and PAS.<ref>URL: [http://flylib.com/books/en/2.953.1.17/1/ http://flylib.com/books/en/2.953.1.17/1/]. Accessed on: 15 December 2010.</ref>


Images:
====Images====
*[[WC]]:
<gallery>
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cryptococcus.jpg Cryptococcosis - cytology - Field stain (WC)].
Image:Cryptococcus.jpg | Cryptococcosis - cytology - [[Field stain]]. (WC)
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cryptococcosis_of_lung_in_patient_with_AIDS._Mucicarmine_stain_962_lores.jpg Crytococcosis - mucicarmine stain (WC)].
Image:Cryptococcosis_of_lung_in_patient_with_AIDS._Mucicarmine_stain_962_lores.jpg | Crytococcosis - mucicarmine stain. (WC)
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cryptococcosis_of_lung_in_patient_with_AIDS_Methenamine_silver_stain_963_lores.jpg Crytococcosis - methenamine silver stain (WC)].
Image:Cryptococcosis_of_lung_in_patient_with_AIDS_Methenamine_silver_stain_963_lores.jpg | Crytococcosis - methenamine silver stain. (WC)
*www:
</gallery>
**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case89/micro.html Cryptococcosis (upmc.edu)].
www:
**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case396.html Cryptococcosis - case 2 (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case89/micro.html Cryptococcosis (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case396.html Cryptococcosis - case 2 (upmc.edu)].


==Cryptosporidiosis==
==Cryptosporidiosis==
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**Bluish staining of brush border '''key feature''' - low power.
**Bluish staining of brush border '''key feature''' - low power.


Images:
====Images====
*[[WC]]:
<gallery>
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cryptosporidiosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg Cryptosporidiosis - very high mag. (WC)].
Image:Cryptosporidiosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Cryptosporidiosis - very high mag. (WC)
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cryptosporidiosis_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg Cryptosporidosis - very high mag. - cropped (WC)].
Image:Cryptosporidiosis_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg | Cryptosporidosis - very high mag. - cropped (WC)
*www:
</gallery>
**[http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/images/cp_path.gif Schematic picture of cryptosporidium & bowel (tulane.edu)].
www:
**[http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/systemic_path/GI/cryptosporidiosis.html Micrograph of cryptosporidiosis (brown.edu)].
*[http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/images/cp_path.gif Schematic picture of cryptosporidium & bowel (tulane.edu)].
*[http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/systemic_path/GI/cryptosporidiosis.html Micrograph of cryptosporidiosis (brown.edu)].


Notes:
Notes:
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*Yeast forms.
*Yeast forms.
*Locations: oral cavity, vagina.
*Locations: oral cavity, vagina.
===Gross===
Esophageal candidiasis:
*"Sticky": do not wash-off from the mucosa with water irrigation.<ref>URL: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537268/]. Accessed on: 2022 June 22.</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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*''Dimorphic'' - seen in two forms:
*''Dimorphic'' - seen in two forms:
**Pseudohyphae<ref name=Ref_WMSP3>{{Ref WMSP|3}}</ref>  - collections of many ''C. albicans'' cells in a branching pattern.
**Pseudohyphae<ref name=Ref_WMSP3>{{Ref WMSP|3}}</ref>  - collections of many ''C. albicans'' cells in a branching pattern.
**Yeast form - single cells, 10 to 12 micrometres in diameter, gram positive.<ref>[http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/mycology-3.htm http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/mycology-3.htm]</ref>
**Yeast form - single cells, 10 to 12 micrometres in diameter.{{fact}}


Notes:
Notes:
*May be described as "sticks and stones".
*May be described as "sticks and stones".


*Images:
====Images====
**[http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/candi4.jpg Candida (pseudohyphae) - methenamine silver (med.sc.edu)].
www:
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Candida_pap_1.jpg Candida on Pap test (WC)].
*[http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/candi4.jpg Candida (pseudohyphae) - methenamine silver (med.sc.edu)].
<gallery>
Image:Candida_pap_1.jpg | Candida on Pap test. (WC)
File:Candidiasis (5494228352).jpg | Candidiasis. (WC/Yale Rosen)
File:Candidiasis - PAS (5493634827).jpg | Candidiasis: PAS stain. (WC/Yale Rosen)
File:Candidiasis - GMS (5493634393).jpg | Candidiasis: Pseudohyphae + Budding yeast. (WC/Yale Rosen)
</gallery>


===Stains===
===Stains===
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*PAS +ve.
*PAS +ve.
*Methenamine silver +ve.
*Methenamine silver +ve.
*[[Gram stain|Gram]] +ve.<ref name=pmid20711156>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Salerno | first1 = C. | last2 = Pascale | first2 = M. | last3 = Contaldo | first3 = M. | last4 = Esposito | first4 = V. | last5 = Busciolano | first5 = M. | last6 = Milillo | first6 = L. | last7 = Guida | first7 = A. | last8 = Petruzzi | first8 = M. | last9 = Serpico | first9 = R. | title = Candida-associated denture stomatitis. | journal = Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal | volume = 16 | issue = 2 | pages = e139-43 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi =  | PMID = 20711156 }}</ref>


==Blastomycosis==
==Blastomycosis==
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*[[Cryptosporidiosis]].
*[[Cryptosporidiosis]].


Images:
====Images====
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blastomycosis_cropped.JPG Blastomycosis (wikimedia.org)].
<gallery>
Image:Blastomycosis_cropped.JPG | Blastomycosis. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/blastomycosis.jpg Blastomycosis - budding (pathguy.com)].
*[http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/blastomycosis.jpg Blastomycosis - budding (pathguy.com)].
*[http://www.lahey.org/Medical/InfectiousDiseases/ID_Blastomycosis.asp Blastomycosis - with broad budding (lahey.org)].
*[http://www.lahey.org/Medical/InfectiousDiseases/ID_Blastomycosis.asp Blastomycosis - with broad budding (lahey.org)].
 
*[http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/blast1.jpg Blastomyces (med.sc.edu)].
==Mucormycosis==
==Mucormycosis==
===General===
===General===
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*[[Aspergillosis]].
*[[Aspergillosis]].


Images:
====Images====
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zygomycosis.jpg Zygomycosis - cytology (WC)].
<gallery>
Image:Zygomycosis.jpg | Zygomycosis - [[cytology]]. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://granuloma.homestead.com/ZygoHE_02.jpg Mucormycosis (homestead.com)].
*[http://granuloma.homestead.com/ZygoHE_02.jpg Mucormycosis (homestead.com)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case181.html Mucormycosis - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case181.html Mucormycosis - several images (upmc.edu)].


==Aspergillosis==
==Aspergillosis==
===General===
{{Main|Aspergillosis}}
*Due to ''Aspergillus''.
*Fungus.
*Associated with immunosuppression/immunodeficiency.
**Rarely in immune competent individuals.<ref name=pmid7844909>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sugimura | first1 = S. | last2 = Yoshida | first2 = K. | last3 = Oba | first3 = H. | last4 = Hashiguchi | first4 = K. | last5 = Nakajima | first5 = M. | last6 = Moriya | first6 = O. | last7 = Okimoto | first7 = N. | last8 = Niki | first8 = Y. | last9 = Soejima | first9 = R. | title = [Two cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in non-immunocompromised hosts]. | journal = Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi | volume = 32 | issue = 10 | pages = 1032-7 | month = Oct | year = 1994 | doi =  | PMID = 7844909 }}
</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Hyphae that branching with 45 degrees angle - '''key feature'''.<ref name=Ref_APBR682>{{Ref APBR|682}}</ref>
**Uniform width - typically ~3-5 μm.
*Septated - often difficult to see.
*"Fruiting heads" when aerobic - uncommon.
**Spherical structures ~50 micrometres in diameter with radially arranged structures (like spokes of a wheel) +/- an empty centre in the plane of section.
 
DDx:
*[[Mucormycosis]] - irregular width.
*Scedosporium prolificans - in immunoincompetent individuals.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case290.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case290.html]. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.</ref>
 
Images:
*[[WC]]:
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Pulmonary_aspergillosis.jpg Aspergillus (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulmonary_aspergillosis_cytology.jpg Aspergillus - cytology (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aspergillus_-_high_mag.jpg Aspergillus with fruiting head - high mag. (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aspergillus_-_add_-_very_high_mag.jpg Aspergillus with fruiting head - very high mag. (WC)].
*www:
**[http://www.ispub.com/journal/the-internet-journal-of-otorhinolaryngology/volume-6-number-1/maxillary-sinus-mycetoma-due-to-aspergillus-niger.article-g03.fs.jpg Aspergillosis - fruiting head (ispub.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.ispub.com/journal/the-internet-journal-of-otorhinolaryngology/volume-6-number-1/maxillary-sinus-mycetoma-due-to-aspergillus-niger.html http://www.ispub.com/journal/the-internet-journal-of-otorhinolaryngology/volume-6-number-1/maxillary-sinus-mycetoma-due-to-aspergillus-niger.html]. Accessed on: 27 February 2012.</ref>
 
===Stains===
*PAS-D +ve.


==Microsporidiosis==
==Microsporidiosis==

Latest revision as of 15:03, 22 June 2022

Fungi (aspergillus). H&E stain.

Fungi (singular fungus) are microorganisms that are occasionally seen by pathologists.

Overview

  • There are lots of 'em. Below are a few of 'em.

Terminology:[1]

  • Hyphae = microscopic filamentous growth (of fungi) -- single cell.
  • Mycelial = filamentous network of hyphae.
  • Septae/septation = hyphae may be subdivided by septae -- if they aren't they are one mass of protoplasm. (?)
  • Dimorphism = exist in two forms; e.g. single cell (yeast) and mycelial growth.
  • Pseudohyphae = looks like hyphae --but branching pattern is created by separate cells.[2]

Tissue invasive fungi

Typically:[3]

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  • The gold standard for determining the microorganisms is culture.
  • As anatomical pathologists are approximately 80% accurate (when measured against culture), it is important to state something like correlation with culture is recommended.[4]

Summary table

Name (disease) Kingdom Size Shape Stains Other (microscopic) Clinical References Image
Aspergillus (aspergillosis) Fungi ? Hyphae that branching
with 45 degrees angle 		PAS-D Fruiting heads when aerobic ? Immunosuppression [5]
Aspergillus. (WC)
Zygomycota (zygomycosis);
more specific
Mucorales (mucormycosis) 		Fungi ? Branching hyphae with variable width ? Granulomata assoc. Diabetes, immunodeficient [5]
Zygomycosis. (WC)
Coccidioides, usually C. immitis
(coccidioidomycosis) 		Fungi Large - 20-60 micrometers,
endospores 1-5 micrometers 		Spherules Stains? Other? Immunodeficient [5] Coccidioidomycosis (med.sc.edu)
C. immitis (WC)
Histoplasma (histoplasmosis) Fungi 2-5 micrometers Spherical GMS Intracellular (unlike candida), granulomata Source: soil with bird droppings [5]
Histoplasmosis. (WC)
Blastomyces (blastomycosis) Fungi 5-15 micrometres Spherical (yeast) Stains? Granulomas, broad-based budding yeast Habitat: Northeast America, Africa [5][6]
Blastomyces. (WC)
Paracoccidioides (paracoccidioidomycosis) Fungi 6-60 micrometres Spherical (yeast) Stains? Multiple budding "steering wheel" appearance Clinical??? [5]
P. brasiliensis (WC)
Pneumocystis jirovecii (pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; abbrev. PCP) Fungi (previously thought to be a protozoan) 7-8 micrometres "Dented ping-pong ball" GMS Usually in clusters of alveolar casts with a honeycomb appearance HIV/AIDS associated [7]
PCP. (WC)
Cryptococcus (cryptococcosis) Fungi 5-15 micrometres Yeast GMS Prominent (i.e. thick polysaccharide) capsule HIV/AIDS associated, most common CNS fungus [5]
Crytococcosis - mucicarmine (WC)

Notes:

  • Bold text = key features.

Specific fungi

Histoplasmosis

General

  • Organism: Histoplasma.
  • Specific organism: Histoplasma capulatum.
  • Typical location: lung.
  • Common in immunosuppressed individuals, e.g. HIV/AIDS population.
    • Extrapulmonary or disseminated histoplasmosis is considered to be AIDS-defining.[8]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Often in yeast form - in tissue, spherical, 2-5 micrometres.[9]
  • Intracellular[10] - may be within macrophages that form a granuloma.
    • Nice bright red on PAS-D.
      • Have a "central dot".[11]

Images

  • Histoplasmosis - granuloma - PASD stain. (WC)

  • Histoplasmosis - PASD stain. (WC)

  • Histoplasmosis - cropped - PASD stain. (WC)

  • Histoplasmosis - GMS stain. (WC)

www:

Coccidioidomycosis

General

  • Organism: Coccidioides.
  • Specific organism: Coccidioides immitis.
    • Usu. from soil.
  • Typical locations: lung, oral cavity.[12]
  • +/-Immunodeficiency.[13]
  • Predominantly southwest USA and Mexico.[14]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Forms spherules 60-80 μm in size.[9]
    • Contain endospores 1-5 μm in diameter.

Notes:

  • Spherules may be described as a "bag of marbles".

Images

  • Coccidioidomycosis - intermed. mag. (WC)

  • Coccidioidomycosis - high mag. (WC)

  • Coccidioidomycosis - very high mag. (WC)

  • Coccidioidomycosis - GMS - very high mag. (WC)

  • Coccidioides. (WC)

www:

Pneumocystis pneumonia

Main article: Pneumonia
  • Abbreviated PCP.
  • AKA Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.

General

  • Organism: pneumocystis,
  • Specific organism: Pneumocystis jirovecii[16] (used to be called Pneumocystis carinii).
    • May be spelled Pneumocystis jiroveci.
    • Fungus... used to be considered a parasite.
  • Typical location: lung.

Clinical:

  • Opportunistic infection - typically in HIV +ve individuals.
  • May have subtle findings on chest X-ray.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Form frothy aggregates that take the shape of the alveoli they sit within, i.e. they form "alveolar casts".
  • "Dented ping-pong ball" appearance.[9] **Remember PCP = ping-pong.
    • Approximately 7-8 μm in size.

DDx:

Images

  • The frothy casts of PCP. (WC)

www:

Stains

Cryptococcosis

General

  • Organism: Cryptococcus.
  • Specific organism: C. neoformans.
  • Opportunistic infection.
  • Typical location: lung.
    • Most common fungus seen in CSF specimens.[5]

Trivia:

  • Crypto- = hidden/invisible.[17]
    • Why the name? A. The capsule is almost invisible.

Gross

Features (brain):

  • Small cystic spaces, often diffuse.
    • Known as "soap bubble brain".

Image:

Microscopic

Features:

  • Yeast:
    • Round/ovoid 5-15 micrometres (may resemble Histoplasma or Candida -- but often larger).
    • Thick mucopolysacchardie capsule + refractile centre.[5]
    • "Tear drop-shapped" budding pattern (useful to differentiate from Blastomyces, Histoplasma).[5]
  • Usually accompanied by very little inflammation.[18]

Notes:

  • May be confused with corpora amylacea in the CNS, esp. as they (like cryptococci) stain for methenamine silver, Alcian blue, and PAS.[19]

Images

  • Cryptococcosis - cytology - Field stain. (WC)

  • Crytococcosis - mucicarmine stain. (WC)

  • Crytococcosis - methenamine silver stain. (WC)

www:

Cryptosporidiosis

General

  • Caused by cryptosporidium.
  • Fecal-oral transmission.
  • Usu. in immunoincompetent individuals, e.g. HIV/AIDS.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Uniform spherical nodules 2-4 micrometres in diameter, typical location - GI tract brush border.
    • Bluish staining of brush border key feature - low power.

Images

  • Cryptosporidiosis - very high mag. (WC)

  • Cryptosporidosis - very high mag. - cropped (WC)

www:

Notes:

  • Cryptosporidium parvum?[20]

Candidiasis

In the context of pap tests see: Gynecologic_cytopathology#Candida.

General

  • Commonly Candida albicans.
  • Yeast forms.
  • Locations: oral cavity, vagina.

Gross

Esophageal candidiasis:

  • "Sticky": do not wash-off from the mucosa with water irrigation.[21]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Dimorphic - seen in two forms:
    • Pseudohyphae[12] - collections of many C. albicans cells in a branching pattern.
    • Yeast form - single cells, 10 to 12 micrometres in diameter.[citation needed]

Notes:

  • May be described as "sticks and stones".

Images

www:

  • Candida on Pap test. (WC)

  • Candidiasis. (WC/Yale Rosen)

  • Candidiasis: PAS stain. (WC/Yale Rosen)

  • Candidiasis: Pseudohyphae + Budding yeast. (WC/Yale Rosen)

Stains

Features:

  • PAS +ve.
  • Methenamine silver +ve.
  • Gram +ve.[22]

Blastomycosis

General

  • Usually Blastomyces dermatitidis - fungus.
  • May be in the oral cavity.[12]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Broad-based budding yeast -- is Blastomyces.[23]
    • The interface between two separating fungi, i.e. fungi in the process of reproducing, is very large.

DDx:

Images

  • Blastomycosis. (WC)

www:

Mucormycosis

General

  • Causative organism: Mucorales.
    • Kingdom: Fungi.
    • AKA Zygomycota (zygomycosis).
  • Associated with diabetes, immunodeficiency.

Microscopic

Features:[5]

  • Branching hyphae with variable width.
  • Granulomata associated.

Notes:

  • Not septated.
  • Branching angle typically ~90 degrees.

DDx:

Images

www:

Aspergillosis

Main article: Aspergillosis

Microsporidiosis

General

  • A group of (extremely) small intracellular microorganisms - classified as fungi.[24]
    • Human pathogenic organisms in this group include: Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon hellem, and Encephalitozoon intestinalis.[25]
  • Important in the context of HIV/AIDS,[26] and solid organ transplant recipients.
  • May be seen in immune competent individuals.[25]

Clinical:[25]

  • Diarrhea.
  • Weight loss.
  • Abdominal pain.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Partial villus atrophy (villous blunting) and crypt hyperplasia.[25]
  • Small intracellular microorganisms ~ 1.0-4.0 μm.

Images:

EM

  • Small intracellular microorganisms ~ 1.0-4.0 μm.[24]

Image:

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fungionline.org.uk/1intro/3growth_forms.html
  2. ↑ http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/mycology-3.htm
  3. ↑ CM 17 Apr 2009.
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