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22 Cards in this Set
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List general characteristics |
1. Agents of superficial & subcutaneous mycoses 2. Ubiquitous 3. Humans and animals accidental hosts 4. Classified as slow growing 7 to 10 days or rapid growing lesson 7 days |
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List some slow growers |
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list some rapid growers |
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list the various disease spectrum |
Superficial infections, mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, phaeohyphomycosis |
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List some examples of superficial infection |
1. Tinea nigra: skin infection caused by Hortaea werneckii 2. Black piedra: hair and scalp infection caused by Piedra hortae |
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list examples of mycetoma |
1. Chronic granulomatous infection involving lower extremities 2. bacterial (actinomycotic) or fungal (eumycotic) |
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List examples of chromoblastomycosis |
1. Chronic infection acquired by traumatic inoculation into skin 2. lesions revealing sclerotic bodies and resembling copper pennies |
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List an example of phaeohyphomycosis |
Infections from brown yeast like cells, pseudohyphae, or hyphae |
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What's the differences between the two superficial infections |
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list agents of mycetomas |
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List an important mycetoma and its attributes |
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List agents of chromoblastomycosis and attributes |
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List agents of phaeohyphomycosis |
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What's the differences among Exophiala |
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List differences among Bipolaris (b) and Curvularia (c) |
1. Conidiosphores: bent (b) & geniculate (c) 2. Conidia: oblong & sympodical (b) and golden brown, multicelled, curved & swollen central wall (c) 3. Bipolaris also has hilum protruding and germ tubed at one/both ends |
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this attribute of Alternaria |
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What is the name of an atypical opportunistic fungus |
Pneumocystis jiroveci |
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What are some characteristics of P. jiroveci |
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List epidemiologic factors of P. jiroveci |
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How what is the disease spectrum for P. jiroveci |
Inhaled & adheres to pneumocytes and replicates. Interstitial mononuclear inflammation response. symptoms are non productive cough, low grade fever, dyspnea, chest tightness and night sweats |
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How is P Gervaise diagnose |
Specimen:BAL/induced sputum, biopsy material Stains: Calcoflour white, Methenamine silver, immunofluorescence Other methods for ID include commercial kits using monoclonal antibodies and nucleic acid amplification. Extremely difficult to cultivate |
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What are the morphological characteristics of P. jiroveci |
Troph: predominant form but difficult to visualize with flexible walls and out number cysts 10:1 Cysts: spiracle to concave, uniform in size (4-7 micrometers), do not bud, contained intracystic bodies |
