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15 Cards in this Set
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What fungus hides in macrophages and is in bird or bat droppings?
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Histoplasmosis
-causes pneumonia |
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This fungus forms granulomatous nodules, can disseminate to skin and bone, and causes inflammatory lung disease.
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Blastomycosis
(broad based budding) |
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What fungus is found in Southwestern U.S. and causes pneumonia and meningitis? How do they look?
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Coccidiodomycosis
They look like spherules filled with endospores. |
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What fungus has a "captain's wheel" formation of budding yeasts?
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Paracoccidiodomycosis
In Latin America |
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What do you use to treat local fungal infections?
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Fluconazole or ketoconazole.
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What is used to treat systemic fungal infections?
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Amphtericin B
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Which cutaneous fungus has a spaghetti and meatball appearance on KOH prep?
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Tinea versicolor caused by Malassezia furfur.
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What causes ringworm?
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Dermatophytes
(microsporum, trichophyton, epidermophyton) |
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What are the six opportunistic fungi?
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Candida
Aspergillus Mucor or Rhizpus Cryptococcus Pneumoncystis jiroveci Sporothrix |
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Which fungi is associated with germ tube formation and pseudohyphae?
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Candida
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Which fungi is associated with fungal balls and also with acute angle branching septate hyphae?
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Aspergillosis
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Disease mostly in ketoacidotic diabetic and leukemic patients. Can cause frontal lobe abscesses.
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Mucormycosis.
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This fungus is the most common cause of meningitis in immunocompromised patients. Found in pigeon droppings.
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Start prophylaxis for this fungus when CD4 drops <200 cells/mL in HIV patients.
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Pneumocystis jiroveci
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What fungus causes local pustules or ulcers with nodules along draining lymphatics?
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Sporothrix schenckii
(cigar shaped buds) |
