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27 Cards in this Set
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any fungi disease is a ____
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mycoses
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most fungi disease are ____ infections
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superficial
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another name for superficial infections
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dermatophytes
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superficial infections can be either ____ or sub-____
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cutaneous - cutaneous
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body location of superficial infections (3)
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hair - skin - nails
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infections that are deeper to superficial infects are ____ infections
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systemic
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most fungal diseases can't get pass the ____ layer
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superficial
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portal of entry for systemic fungal diseases is usually
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upper reparatory tract
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another portal of entry for systemic fungal diseases is
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gi tract
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medically significant fungi are ____ & ____ ____
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cutaneous - subcutaneous mycoses
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medically significant fungi secrete ____ enzymes
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keratinase
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keratinase digest (3)
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hair - skin - nails
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4 examples of fungal diseases
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tineas - ringworm - jock itch - athletes foot
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tineas are all
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ringworms
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most systemic mycoses are non-____ and live in ____
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communicative - soil
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systemic mycoses spread from the ____
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lungs
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3 examples of systemic mycoses
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pneumocystis pneumonia - histoplasmosis - valley fever
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yeast fungi are opportunistic and causes
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candidiasis
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candidiasis is cause by large
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numbers
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opportunistic candidiasis arise from (3)
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hormonal changes - diabetes - microflora imbalance
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terminology to ingest toxins is
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fungal intoxication
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toxin is different from a
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cell
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intoxication is different from pathogen because intoxication has to do with a ____ & pathogen has to do with a ____
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toxin - cell
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2 examples of fungal intoxification
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ergot poisoning - aflatoxin
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fungal intoxication ergot poisoning is caused by organism called
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clavicepes purpurea
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most potent liver toxinogen
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aflatoxin
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fungal intoxication aflatoxin is caused by organism called
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aspergillus flavus
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