Chapter 39: Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists

Blastomycosis Usually Is Acquired Via the Respiratory Route. It is caused by ______________. It is associated with _____________

Blastomyces dermatitidis dusty soil and bird droppings

Human fungal diseases

Candidiasis, Cutaneous mycoses, Pneumocystis pneumonia, Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis, Cryptococcosis

Amoebiasis is the second leading cause of death from parasitic disease. It is caused by __________, a protozoan

Entamoeba histolytica

Trypanosomiasis

Human African sleeping sickness is caused by T. brucei

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, Causative agent: _________-, an amoebic protozoa. Enters the _____ and follows the olfactory tracts to the ____

Naegleria fowleri nose brain

Malaria are ________ species - Are __________ protozoan • Transmission by _______

Plasmodium , nonmotile, Anopheles mosquitoes

Toxoplasmosis, Causative agent: ___________, an apiacomplexan protozoan (cat feces)

Toxoplasma gondii

Protozoal Diseases

Trypanosomiasis, amoebic meningoencephalitis, Leishmaniasis, Giardiasis, Amoebiasis, Balantidiasis, Toxoplasmosis, Malaria, Cyclosporiasis

Visceral disease (kala-azar) involves ____—fatal if not treated

blood

Two forms of Leishmaniasis

cutaneous and visceral

Cutaneous mycoses is known as

dermatomycoses, ringworms, tineas

Giardiasis is caused by Giardia intestinalis, a __________.Transmission occurs through food or water contaminated with sewage containing _____

flagellated protozoan cysts

Histoplasmosis Can Produce a Systemic Disease. Most people suffer only _______ symptoms

mild influenza-like

Balantidiasis is contracted from water or food contaminated with _________

pig feces

Cutaneous disease (oriental sore) involves _____. Caused by _______ And transmitted by _____- from canines and rodents

tissue flagellated protists sandflies