Mycology - Subcutaneous Mycoses

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surgery is recommended for what forms of subcutaneous mycoses?

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1) Chromoblastomycosis
2) Lobomycosis
3) Rhinosporidiosis

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Tarzan presents at your clinic with a cracked, fissured, ulcerated, lichenified, eczematous lesion on his upper arm and a solitary, well-encapsulated subcutaneous nodule on the forearm of the same arm.
He states he hurt himself wrestling crocodiles several months ago and has not been well since.
A stain of exudate from the upper arm lesion reveals sclerotic fungal bodies with branching, septate, brown hyphae and thick-walled, round-to-oval brown cells.
The natural reservoir of this disease is

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Cladoblastomycosis

found in soil

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All subcutaneous Mycoses are found in Soil except

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Lobomycosis is found in humans and dolphins

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subcutaneous Mycoses found in Florida

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lobomycosis

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Cladophoria causes what 2 subcutaneous Mycoses?

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1) Chromoblastomycosis
2) Phaeohyphomycosis

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A dense collagenous encapsulation of connective tissue

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chromoblastomycosis

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. A 15-year-old female has several freely moveable subcutaneous nodules in her inguinal area along with an enlarged right thigh.
The skin above the nodules is hyperpigmented.
The name of this disease is

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basidiobolomycosis

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Basidio the hyperpigmented elephant threw kettles at Del the candy snorter.

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Basidiobolus ranarum-->basidio-bolo-mycois

Delacroixia--> condio-bolo-mycosis

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what subcutaneous Mycoses is a found in soil, dead veg (res) and is a pathogen of insects in Central america, Africa and India?

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Delcroixia

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what subcutaneous Mycoses is a found in soil, dead veg (res) and reptile dung (res) and is a pathogen of amphibians and reptiles

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Basidiobolus ranarum

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A 50-year-old female presents with a lesion on her right forearm that is cracked, fissured and ulcerated.
She states that the lesion started as a sore over five years ago when she was living in Honduras.
This disease is transmitted by

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Phaeohyphomycosis

traumatic implantation

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A 50-year-old female presents with a lesion on her right forearm that is cracked, fissured and ulcerated.
She states that the lesion started as a sore over five years ago when she was living in Honduras.
This disease spp?

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ACE: Alternaria, cladophilia, exophilia

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. A 55-year-old male migrant worker complained to coworkers of an annoying, but painless, foot infection and finally sought medical help at a local clinic.
Examination of the foot showed a large, scaly, crusted lesion.
This lesion resembled a deep, tumorous infection that ruptured and drained to the surface.
Infections of this type are characteristic of

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tumor = Eumycetomas

Pseudallescheriasis

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A 25-year-old female marine mammalogist presents with a painless keloid on her left hand.
It has ulcerated and is spreading up her arm in a tumor-like fashion.
She states that part of her research is the study of the behavior of dolphins.
The name of this disease is

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Lobomycosis

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causes squamous cell carcinoma

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Lobomycoisis

Lacazia loboi

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A 45-year-old female complains of having trouble breathing through her nose.
Upon examination, she has nasal polyps that are painless but have caused her nose and face to swell producing a breathing problem.
This disease is transmitted by

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Rhinosporidiosis

inhalation of stagnant fresh water

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All subcutaneous mycoses are monmorphic molds except for

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Sporotrichoisis

Sporothrix schenckii is a dimorphic mold

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A 65-year-old executive with a major oil company retires and spends his time building wooden tables and chairs.
He presents with a necrotic lesion on his finger that he has had for some time and states that he “bangs and bumps” his hands and fingers from time to time while working outside.
On examination, several other nodules are seen in close approximation to the one on his finger.
The cause of this infection is

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Sporothrix schenckii.

Sporotrichosis

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asteroid bodies and cigar-shaped budding yeast forms in pus-filled granulomas

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sporothrix schenckii

sporotrichosis

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Painless, tumor like swellings along sinus tracts caused by pseudallescheria can be treated by

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Ketoconazule

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a 57 y/o farmers wife complains of having ulcerated, wart-like lesions on her nose. Upon examination, you find several small pedunculated polyps in the mucous membrane of her nose. the name of this disease is

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rhinosportiosis

cutaneous form=warts
nasal form=polyps
ocular form = conjunctiva

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evades host via melanin

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Pesudallescheriasis

Mad Sue (Pseu)