Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (syn. Blastomyces brasiliensis ) is a dimorphic, primärpathogener fungus from the group of imperfect fungi ( and imperfect fungi, deuteromycetes ). This fungus is the causative agent of South American Blastomycosis, which has a variety of different skin deformations and ulcers result, especially in the mucous membranes and lymph nodes.

The morphology of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is temperature dependent, into the yeast phase at 37 ° C and the Myzelphase to 30 ° C ( slow growth ). It is 10-40 microns large, double- contoured, spherical cells with multiple budding cells on blood agar.

Budding cells in unstained wet mount of pus, sputum or other exudates, as Lymphknotenhomogenisat after whitening with 10% sodium hydroxide.

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