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===Transmission=== | ===Transmission=== | ||
*Inhalation of the conidia from its natural soil habitat is considered the most significant route of transmission. | *Inhalation of the conidia from its natural soil habitat is considered the most significant route of transmission. | ||
*Other less common route of transmission is by cutaneous inoculation through direct skin injury. | *Other less common route of transmission is by cutaneous inoculation through direct skin injury.<ref name="pmid23917880">{{cite journal |vauthors=Smith JA, Riddell J, Kauffman CA |title=Cutaneous manifestations of endemic mycoses |journal=Curr Infect Dis Rep |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=440–9 |year=2013 |pmid=23917880 |doi=10.1007/s11908-013-0352-2 |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Incubation=== | ===Incubation=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Vidit Bhargava, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Transmission
- Inhalation of the conidia from its natural soil habitat is considered the most significant route of transmission.
- Other less common route of transmission is by cutaneous inoculation through direct skin injury.[1]
Incubation
- The incubation period varies from 3 weeks to 3 months after exposure.
Pathogensis
- Once inhaled in the lungs, the conidia are mostly destroyed due to their susceptibility to neutrophils, leukocytes and macrophages. [2]
- However, a few conidia escape this protective mechanism and evolve into yeast form, which being double walled structures are more resistant to destruction.
- This conversion releases a glycoprotien BAD-1, which induces cell mediated immunity. [3]
- This results in a pyogranulomatous response at the site of infection (lungs).
- Which eventually leads to the formation of a non-caseating granulomas.
Dissemination
- The fungi can disseminate through the blood and lymphatics to other organs, including the skin, bone, genitourinary tract.
References
- ↑ Smith JA, Riddell J, Kauffman CA (2013). "Cutaneous manifestations of endemic mycoses". Curr Infect Dis Rep. 15 (5): 440–9. doi:10.1007/s11908-013-0352-2. PMID 23917880.
- ↑ Kauffman, Carol (2011). Essentials of clinical mycology. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4419-6639-1.
- ↑ Koneti A, Linke MJ, Brummer E, Stevens DA (2008). "Evasion of innate immune responses: evidence for mannose binding lectin inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha production by macrophages in response to Blastomyces dermatitidis". Infect. Immun. 76 (3): 994–1002. doi:10.1128/IAI.01185-07. PMC 2258846. PMID 18070904.