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19 Cards in this Set
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Pityriasis versicolor
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mycoses
superficial chronic infection of stratum corneum hypo or hyperpigmented maculae |
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Tinea nigra
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mycoses
superficial chronic infection of stratum corneum brownish maculae on palms, soles, face |
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Black piedra & White piedra
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fungal infection of the hair on the scalp, facial, axillary and genital areas
nodules are present on hair |
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Dermatophytes
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cutaneous mycoses
affect skin, hair, and nails easily transmitted |
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Sporotrichosis
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subcutaneous mycoses
chronic infection involving subcutaneous and lymphatic tissue dissemination is rare |
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Chromoblastomycosis
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subcutaneous mycoses
posttraumatic chronic infection warty nodules, cauliflower-like lesions most common in barefoot populations in tropical areas |
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Phaeohyphomycosis
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posttraumatic subcutaneous mycoses
dark pigmented mycelial rarely disseminates may need surgical removal |
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Mycetoma
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posttraumatic subcutaneous mycoses
can spread to fascia, muscle, and bone abscesses contain granules |
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Coccidiomycosis
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endemic, systemic mycosis
dimorphic confined to SW US, Central and South America mostly asymptomatic can cause lung lesions and meningitis |
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Histoplasmosis
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endemic, systemic mycoses
dimorphic reservior: soil, bat and avian habitats pulmonary infection can disseminate in immunocompromised African histoplasmosis: thicker wall, giant cell formation, greater frequency of skin and bone lesions |
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Blastomycosis
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endemic, systemic mycoses
dimorphic found in soil asymptomatic, pulmonary, cutaneous, can disseminate |
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Paracoccidiodomycosis
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endemic, systemic mycoses
dimorphic found in South America asymptomatic nodular lesions in lungs oral and nasal lesions common |
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Penicillium marneffei infection
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endemic, systemic mycoses
dimorphic HIV cases in SE Asia inhalation results in fever, cough, organomegaly skin lesions present |
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Cryptococcosis
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systemic yeast
found in soil pulmonary and CNS symptoms |
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Candidiasis
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opportunistic systemic mycoses
normal human commensal 1: skin, nails 2: mucosal infection 3: invasive bloodstream disease beta-D-glucan assay used for diagnosis |
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Hepatosplenic candidiasis
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type of invasive candidiases unique to cancer patients
microabscesses in liver |
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Aspergillosis
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opportunistic systemic mycoses
fungal; not normally found in healthy pulmonary damage; forms fungus ball invasive disease very life-threatening bone morrow transplant patients at risk |
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Zygomycosis
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opportunistic systemic mycoses
not very severe |
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Pneumocystis jiroveci
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opportunistic fungi
AIDS and transplant patients interstitial pneumonia rare extrapulmonary manifestations |
