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Possible Causes

Aspergilloma

Aspergilloma is a saprophytic infection that colonizes pre-existing cavities in the lung. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fungal ball (mycetoma/aspergilloma) is a saprophytic fungal infection that colonizes pre-existing lung cavities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

He had ureteral aspergilloma, discovered as a saprophytic whitish mass. It was treated by ureteroscopic removal, however, he refused antifungal treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Mucormycosis

They mainly enter the body through inhalation, with saprophytic mucor species often demonstrable in the upper respiratory tracts, which are nevertheless non-pathogenic in [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Mode of infection: These saprophytic fungi are widely distributed in nature and infection is acquired by exposure to their sporangiospores. [histopathology-india.net]

MUCORMYCOSIS Caused by fungi of the Rhizopus and Mucor species, which are ubiquitous saprophytic organisms, not uncommonly infecting the immunocompromised host. These fungi [slideshare.net]

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Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

By Daniel Todd, MD Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic infection of the sinuses, nasal passages, oral cavity, and brain caused by saprophytic fungi. [midwestsinus.com]

National Hospital of Sri Lanka, LK X close Abstract Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a life threatening fungal infection occurring in humans, which is caused by the ubiquitous saprophytic [sljid.sljol.info]

Saprophytic aerobic fungi of the class Phycomycetes (order Mucorales) cause rhinocerebral mucormycosis, also known as phycomycosis. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Serratia

Ser·ra·tia \ se-ˈrā-sh(ē-)ə \ Medical Definition of Serratia : a genus of aerobic saprophytic flagellated rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae that occur as [merriam-webster.com]

It was originally considered to be an innocuous, non-pathogenic, saprophytic water organism. [omicsonline.org]

It is also present in water and soil as a saprophyte. Till now, it had not been reported from clinical samples such as sputum, urine etc. in Rajasthan. [ijmm.org]

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Nocardia Infection

Members of the genus Nocardia are aerobic actinomycetes that are ubiquitous saprophytes in soil, decaying organic matter, and fresh and salt water. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Systemic Mycosis

SYSTEMIC MYCOSISDeep seated fungalinfectionsInhalation of air bornespores produced by casualmouldsPresent as saprophytes insoil and on plant materialThey are caused byDimorphic [slideshare.net]

The organisms exist as prolific saprophytes in soil and decaying vegetation. [emedicine.medscape.com]

The fungi most frequently isolated from immunocompromised patients are saprophytic (i.e. from the environment) or endogenous (a commensal). [microbiologybook.org]

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Skin Infection

Acremonium species are saprophytic molds widely distributed in nature, existing in soil and decaying vegetation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Geomyces pannorum var. pannorum is an ubiquitous saprophytic fungus frequently isolated from the soil and from air samples. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This saprophyte is ubiquitous in the environment and has been found in water, soil, and dust particles. Clarithromycin is a highly specific drug against M. chelonae. [kci.go.kr]

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Fusarium Infection

Abstract Fusarium is a saprophytic fungus of soil causing disease in plants and animals. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fusarium species are saprophytic fungi that may colonize human skin and nails and may rarely cause invasive infections in traumatized tissue and in debilitated and immunocompromised [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fusarium is a saprophytic organism that is widely found distributed in soil, subterranean and aerial plants, plant debris, and other organic substrates. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Mycetoma

Nocardia spp are gram-positive, aerobic, acid-fast bacteria which exist as saprophytes in nature. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Eumycetoma, a chronic fungal infection endemic in India, Indonesia, and parts of Africa and South and Central America, follows traumatic implantation of saprophytic fungi [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The causal agents of eumycotic mycetomas include a variety of saprophytic geophilic fungi. [msdvetmanual.com]

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Aspergillus Mycetoma

The etiologic agents range from bacteria to fungi existing free in nature as soil or plant saprophytes gaining entrance into the tissues through abrasion or implantation. [aspergillus.org.uk]

Discussion A. nidulans is a saprophytic mould which is found in decaying organic matter. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Aspergillosis

Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the most ubiquitous of the airborne saprophytic fungi. Humans and animals constantly inhale numerous conidia of this fungus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The clinical manifestations of pulmonary aspergillosis are many, ranging from harmless saprophytic colonisation to acute invasive disease. [web.archive.org]

DOI: 10.1128/CMR.12.2.310 SUMMARY Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the most ubiquitous of the airborne saprophytic fungi. [cmr.asm.org]

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Bovine Actinomycosis

Saprophytism; parasitism; the classification and morphology of leptotrichia; chief bacteria and cocci in the mouth; and Actinomyces odontolyticus, a new species of antinomycete [books.google.com]

In the normal oral cavity, these microorganisms grow as saprophytes in dental plaque, and in tonsillar crypts, without apparent invasion or cellular response in adjacent tissues [antimicrobe.org]

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Melioidosis

Melioidosis is caused by the saprophytic gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei, and has varied presentations, with cutaneous manifestations occurring in about 13% [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Melioidosis, caused by the environmental saprophyte, Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an important public health problem in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Melioidosis, a syndrome with protean clinical manifestations, is caused by Gram-negative soil saprophyte Burkholderiapseudomallei Among its diverse clinical presentations, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Oral Candidiasis

Only two enzymes were found to be more active in C. albicans causing symptomatic candidiasis in RTRs (cystine arylamidase: P 0.001, and α-fucosidase: P 0.01) compared with saprophytic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

These infections are caused by saprophytic fungi belonging to the genus candida. [drtbalu.com]

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Lochiostasis

Any offensive odor or change to a greenish color indicates contamination by organisms such as chlamydia or saprophytic[7]. [wikipedia.nd.ax]

Any offensive odor or change to a greenish color indicates contamination by organisms such as chlamydia or saprophytic. [reta.anitdatingnew.live]

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Actinomycosis

Actinomycosis is a relatively rare infection caused by saprophytic bacteria of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract that can become pathogenic. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Actinomycosis is a saprophytic infection caused by actinomycetes. Actinomycetes is a gram positive, anaerobic, non acid-fast, filamentous bacterium. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Saprophytism; parasitism; the classification and morphology of leptotrichia; chief bacteria and cocci in the mouth; and Actinomyces odontolyticus, a new species of antinomycete [elsevier.com]

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Vaginitis

CANDIDIASIS Candida albicans causes 80% to 90% of vaginal fungal infections, and other Candida species and Torulopsis cause the remainder. 34 These saprophytic fungi can be [glowm.com]

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Scedosporium Infection

E‐mail: roilides@med.auth.gr Summary Scedosporium apiospermum and its teleomorph (sexual form) Pseudallescheria boydii are ubiquitous saprophytic fungi, which under specific [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Cancer, 2004, vol. 100 (pg. 165 - 72 ) 10 The significance of blood cultures positive for emerging saprophytic moulds in cancer patients, Clin Microbiol Infect, 2004, vol [academic.oup.com]

[…] associated with AIDS Penicilliosis Penicillosis Pneumonia due to fungus Pneumonia in systemic mycosis Staphylococcal botryomycosis Superficial mycosis Superficial mycosis due to saprophytic [icd9data.com]

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Chromoblastomycosis

R.phaeophora originally was a saprophytic dematiaceous fungus recovered from maize field soil from Colombia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous mycotic infection caused by dematiaceous saprophytic moulds. The most frequently isolated agent is Fonsecae pedrosoi. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous mycotic infection caused by pigmented or dematiaceous saprophytic moulds ubiquitous in the environment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Sporotrichosis

Sporotrichosis is a mycosis caused by a saprophytic dimorphic fungus named Sporothrix schenckii. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cutaneous sporotrichosis, a subcutaneous mycotic infection is caused by the saprophytic, dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

At the other extreme, basal saprophytic species evolved in association with decaying wood and soil, and are rarely found to cause human disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cutaneous Atypical Mycobacterial Infection

Atypical mycobacteria are environmental saprophytes. Occasionally they may enter human skin through injuries and cause localized infection. [infona.pl]

[…] to M. kansasii, M. marinum, M. ulcerans Epidemiology Nontuberculous mycobacteria are nonpathogenetic; they inhabit vegetation and water (stagnant, fresh or salty) and are saprophytic [pathologyoutlines.com]

Till recently, the organism was considered to be a harmless saprophyte. [ijdvl.com]

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Onychomycosis

Achaetomium species which belong to the phylum Ascomycota (Family Chaetomiaceae), are usually soil saprophytes or endophytic fungi which have been rarely reported as human [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

To confirm this suspicion, two subsequent cultures of the same saprophytic mold should be obtained before concluding that the saprophyte is the primary pathogen and not a [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The increase in incidence of M gypseum onychomycosis over the past 2 decades is thought to be due to phylogenetic evolution of the dermatophyte from soil saprophyte to a human [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus

The same criteria were used to select saprophytic isolates. [ijpmonline.org]

Abstract Staphylococcus xylosus is a saprophytic bacterium commonly found on skin of mammals but also used for its organoleptic properties in manufacturing of fermented meat [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] series of infections and intoxications in animals and humans, whereas coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS), representing the majority of species, have been considered to be saprophytic [scielo.br]

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Cutaneous Candidiasis

[…] angles of the mouth are also the places where intertriginous conditions favor the overgrowth of ubiquitous C. albicans, streptococci, staphylococci, and other ordinarily saprophytic [medicinenet.com]

Cutaneous candidiasis is an opportunistic infection that arises, in most cases, from endogenous, saprophytic candidal blastospores that selectively colonize oral, gastrointestinal [hindawi.com]

Cutaneous candidiasis is an opportunistic infection that arises, in most cases, from endogenous, saprophytic Candida blastospores that selectively colonize oral, gastrointestinal [hindawi.com]

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Disseminated Sporotrichosis

20 subjects D Series 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Sporotrichosis is a deep, cutaneous fungal infection caused by Sporothrix schenckii, a rapidly growing dimorphic saprophytic [clinicalgate.com]

Like Ophiostoma, in nature Sporothrix lives as a saprophyte on wood, decaying vegetation, animal excreta and soil. [botit.botany.wisc.edu]

Sporotrichosis is caused by the geophilic or saprophytic fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. [consultant360.com]

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Serratia Infection

S. marcescens being a saprophytic bacterium, the necrotic conjunctival and scleral tissues provide an excellent environment for the Serratia species to grow. [ojoonline.org]

[…] microbiology Enterobacteriaceae Infections microbiology Human India Serratia marcescens isolation %26 purification :: Once considered a normal commensal of the intestine and a saprophyte [jpgmonline.com]

It is also present in water and soil as a saprophyte. Till now, it had not been reported from clinical samples such as sputum, urine etc. in Rajasthan. [ijmm.org]

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Pulmonary Sporotrichosis

Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University School of Medicine Click here for Patient Education Sporotrichosis is a cutaneous infection caused by the saprophytic [merckmanuals.com]

This ubiquitous plant saprophyte is a dimorphic fungus that grows as a mold at room temperature and as a yeastlike form in tissue. [mhmedical.com]

The geo-climatic conditions are conducive for growth of S. schenckii as a saprophyte in the environment. [journals.plos.org]

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Histoplasma Meningitis

The saprophytic forms have microscopic aerosolizable elements, which not only lead to wide environmental distribution but also are infectious on inhalation. [pedsinreview.aappublications.org]

[…] specimens Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test Histoplasma capsulatum is a soil saprophyte [mayocliniclabs.com]

In the environment, and when grown in culture at ambient temperatures, these mold forms (also known as “saprobic,” “saprophytic,” and “mycelial” forms) consist of long hyphae [pedsinreview.aappublications.org]

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Acne Vulgaris

[…] disease varies in intensity from a minor condition, in which there are a few comedones (dilated pilosebaceous cysts containing sebum, cornified epithelium, bacteria and saprophytic [apps.who.int]

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Moraxella Catarrhalis

For most of the 20th century, M catarrhalis was considered a saprophyte of the upper respiratory tract that was associated with no significant pathogenic consequences. [medscape.com]

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