Common Fungal Pathology • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae • Aspergillosis - Septate hyphae, forms conidial heads • Mucorales - Ribbon-like hyphae with right angle branching, rare septations • Sporotrichosis - Asteroid bodies (star-like) eosinophilic material surrounding yeasts • Histoplasmosis - Small yeast with narrow based budding. Can be grouped within macrophages • Coccidioidomycosis - Spherules with multiple endospores • Blastomycosis - Round, double refractile wall, single broad based bud • Cryptococcus neoformans - Narrow- budding yeast with mucicarmine positive capsules UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim #Fungal #Pathology #clinical #microscopy #table #atlas #key #comparison #morphology
