Fungal Pathology Quiz

Neutrophilic inflammation

Macrophagic inflammation

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<p>Recruitment of macrophages</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Granulomatous inflammatory response</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infarction, tissue death and necrosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Granulomatous inflammation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dermatophytosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lichenification</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ulcers covered with yellow/grey exudate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ulceration and discharge</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Feet and limbs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inhalation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nasal aspergillosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Direct microscopic examination of hair plucks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Diff Quick</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Latex agglutination</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aflatoxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type 1 hypersensitivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tissue mycosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Superficial dermatophytosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Based on history and physical examination</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pruritus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>IgE serology or intradermal testing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subcutaneous mycosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>IgE serology or intradermal testing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hepatotoxicity, immunosuppression, mutagenesis/teratogenesis, ill-thrift</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>pruritus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>acute suppurative inflammation/micro-abscesses, chronic pyogranulomatous/granulomatous inflammation, necrosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neurotoxicity, perinatal deaths (lambs, calves)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Demonstration of mycotoxin in feed or tissues of infected animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>tissue mycosis, mycotoxicosis, fungal hypersensitivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>superficial, subcutaneous (deep), systemic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Depends on the toxin produced, severity depends on amount of toxin ingested, recovery rate depends on duration of exposure</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>IgE serology or intradermal testing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increased susceptibility to infectious disease or increased rate of vaccination failure</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Major tissue reactions seen with fungal infections include acute suppurative inflammation, chronic inflammation (pyogranulomatous or granulomatous), and necrosis if fungi invade blood vessels.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fungal material released into tissues when phagocytes die can lead to the recruitment of additional macrophages to remove debris and repeated cycles of granulomatous inflammatory response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clinical changes observed in superficial mycoses include dermatophytosis (with various presentations such as alopecia, claw disease, and papules) and Malassezia infection (characterized by erythema, scale, hair loss, and lichenification with chronicity).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A well-demarcated shape of a fungal granuloma is called a well-demarcated inflammatory lesion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chronicity of a superficial mycosis can lead to lichenification.</p> Signup and view all the answers