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able to cause disease in immunologically-normal people
only a very small fraction of the fungi in the world are able to do this
Common features of primary pathogenic fungi
dimorphism
found in soil
able to grow at 37o and survive in tissue
cell-mediated immune responses (rather than humoral) are critical
Primary pathogenic fungi
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Coccidioides immitis
Histoplasma capsulatum
Sporothrix schenckii
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