Fungi

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Histoplasmosis is caused by...

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Histoplasmosis occurs in which locations?

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Primarily occurs in Mississippi and Ohio River valleys

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This disease is found in bird and bat droppings

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Histoplasmosis

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Histoplasmosis clinically presents with...

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Patchy pneumonitis and hilar/mediastinal lymphadenopathy

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Where does blastomycosis occur?

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East of the Mississippi river and Central America

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This fungi causes inflammatory lung disease and can disseminate into bone and skin

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Blastomycosis Broad-based budding

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Coccidioidomycosis transmission occurs primarly through what mechanism?

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Transmission occurs mainly through spores that is directly correlated to dust exposure

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This fungi causes spherule in tissues...

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Coccidioides (Coccidioidomycosis)

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This fungi is also known as valley fever, California fever, desert rheumatism, and San Joaquin Valley fever

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Coccidioides (Coccidioidomycosis)

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Coccidioidomycosis is found in _____________ and causes _____________

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Southwestern United States, California; pneumonia and meningitis

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This fungi is found in Latin America and causes asymptomatic pulmonary infection

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Paracoccidioidomycosis

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Budding Yeast with the captain's wheel shape; Paracoccidio parasails with the captain's wheel all the way to Latin America

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This disease is caused by the fungus Malassezia furfur

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Tenia Versicolor

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Does tenia versicolor cause hypo- or hyperpigmentation?

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Trick question! It can cause either. pale skin= hyperpigmented, darker skin= hypopigmented

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Tenia Versicolor with the characteristic "spaghetti and meatball" appearance

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What is the treatment for tenia versicolor?

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topical miconazole and selenium sulfide

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Where is Candida albicans normally found? If opportunisitic, which areas are affected?

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Normally present in the GI tract and mouth; overgrowth (thrush) can occur in the mouth; yeast infection in vagina; can be systemic in AIDS

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Oral Thursh from Candida albicans from immunocomprimised patient

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What is the name for the opportunistic mold that is acutely angled (V-shaped)?

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Aspergillus fumigatus can cause...

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ABPA (allergic broncopulmonary aspergillus) that is associated with asthma and cystic fibrosis

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What is present in the lung cavities of patients with aspergillus, especially after TB infections?

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Aspergillomas (fungus spheres)

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Aspergillus; Acute Angles in Aspergillus

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What is the name of the yeast with thick capsule and is normally found in soil and pigeon droppings?

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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This is stained with India Ink

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Crytococcus leaves soap bubble lesions in the brain

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Treatment for crytococcal meningitis includes...

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intrathecal (subarachnoid space) administration of amphotericin B and flucytosine combination therapy for meningitis

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Opportunistic fungal infection most often caused by fungi caused by Mucor and Rhizopus species

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Mucormycosis

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In terms of pathology, Mucormycosis results in...

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Infarction and necrosis of host tissue that is due to invasion of the vasculature by hyphae (Black pus!)

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Which fungi is cigar-shaped, has unequal budding yeast in human tissue, and has the mold form on rose throns? How is it treated?

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Sporothrix schenckii (rose gardener’s disease); Treated with itraconazole and oral potassium iodide