Question

Describe three (3) common fungal respiratory infections and the name of the specific organism that causes them as well as some signs and symptoms for each:

Answer 1

1. Pulmonary Blastomycosis: is transmitted from inhalation of spores from dust and iscaused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. It targets the lungs and shows signs of fever,chills, joint pain, muscle pain and headache and cough.

2. Histoplasmosis:caused by Histoplasma Capsulatum that is transmitted by theinhalation of spores near bird or bat droppings, it targets the alveolar in the lungs andshows signs related to the flu, and chronic cough.

3. Aspergillosis: this is caused by the organism aspergillus spp. It is transmitted by theinhalation of spores from moldy vegetation and targets the lungs. The symptoms arecough with blood, wheezing, fatigue, shortness of breath, fever and chills, chest pain,face swelling and skin lesions.