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Rhizopus spp. on microscopy
 - rhizoids ("roots") immediately below non-branched sporangiophores
 - most common cause of
Rhizopus spp. on ... microscopy - rhizoids ... classic-looking Rhizopus ... Mucor spp) w/ rhizoids ... richdavisphd #Rhizopus
Rhizopus spp on Culture and Microscopy
A "respiratory" specimen from a recently deceased organ donor.
This organ donor
Rhizopus spp on ... donor culture grew Rhizopus ... ), with roots (rhizoids ... richdavisphd #Rhizopus
Lictheimia corymbifera on Culture and Microscopy
Formerly Absidia. Can look like Mucor, BUT sporagium w/ wide apophysis
common after Mucoc Rhizopus ... apophysis, rare rhizoids ... Apophysis: Mucor, Rhizopus ... Technically they have rhizoids
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Rhizopus spp ... Infections • Rhizopus ... Scedosporium - Rhizopus
Mucor spp.
Characteristic of Mucor spp. isolates vs other Mucorales - absence of rhizoids, very long hyphae.
This
Mucorales - absence of rhizoids
(1,3)-β-d-glucan
Abundant cell wall polysaccharide, found in most fungi, except cryptococci, zygomycetes (mucor, rhizophus) and blastomyces.
Sensitivity 64%-93%;
zygomycetes (mucor, rhizophus
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
schenckii • Rhizopus
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
administration) • Rhizopus