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1172 D • Taxonomy of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms<br />

Fungal Pathogens<br />

Division Genus Species Related Diseases<br />

Aspergillus flavus Opportunistic aspergillosis<br />

Aspergillus fumigatus Opportunistic aspergillosis<br />

Blastomyces dermatitidis Blastomycosis<br />

Candida albicans Thrush (candidiasis)<br />

Coccidioides immitis Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis)<br />

Epidermophyton<br />

Tinea corporis (ringworm), tinea cruris (jock itch),<br />

tinea pedis (althlete’s foot), tinea unguium<br />

(onychomycosis)<br />

Ascomycota<br />

Histoplasma capsulatum Histoplasmosis<br />

Microsporum<br />

Tinea capitis (ringworm), tinea corpus<br />

(ringworm), other dermatophytoses<br />

Pneumocystis jirovecii Opportunistic pneumonia<br />

Sporothrix schenckii Sporotrichosis (rose-handler’s disease)<br />

Trichophyton<br />

mentagrophytes<br />

var.<br />

interdigitale<br />

Tinea barbae (barber’s itch), dermatophytoses<br />

Trichophyton<br />

rubrum<br />

Tinea corporis (ringworm), tinea cruris (jock itch),<br />

tinea pedis (althlete’s foot), tinea unguium<br />

(onychomycosis)<br />

Basidiomycota<br />

Cryptococcus<br />

neoformans<br />

Opportunistic cryptococcosis, fungal meningitis,<br />

encephalitis<br />

Malassezia<br />

Dandruff, tinea versicolor<br />

uncertain Rhizopus arrhizus Mucormycosis<br />

Table D9<br />

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