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7-SYSTEMIC FUNGI Flashcards

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MOT:

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inhalation of spores (mold)

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Specimen:

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Sputum

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3
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contains HEPA filter

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BSL III=BSC class II

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4
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No

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person-to-person contact

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5
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Colonies:

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cottony white to brown

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blastomycosis/Gilchrist disease

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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chronic granulomatous and suppurative infection of the lungs, skin and mucous membranes

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Primary Lung

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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9
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Chronic skin-bone

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Slow to moderate growers

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Rapid growers (3 to 4 days)

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Dipmorphic

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Coccidioides immitis

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habitat: soil

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Coccidioides immitis

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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14
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habitat: alkaline soil

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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coccidioidomycosis/Valley fever

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Coccidioides immitis

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16
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Asymptomatic pulmonary disease

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Coccidioides immitis

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17
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skin infections are characterized by erythema nodosum and multiforme and arthritis

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Coccidioides immitis

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Symptomatic: fever, respiratory distress, cough, anorexia, headache, malaise, and myalgias

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Coccidioides immitis

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19
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most virulent human mycosis

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Coccidioides immitis

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20
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histoplasmosis

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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21
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coin lesions, flattened lesions in lungs

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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22
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very fatal and may lead to death to immunodeficient/ immunosuppressed patient

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Acquired in bird poops, bat guanos/ bat poops

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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24
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“Cave’s disease”

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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25
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Specimen: blood, urine, CSF

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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26
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Paracoccidiodomycosis

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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27
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South American blastomycosis

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Brazilian blastomycosis

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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paracoccidioidal granuloma

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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lung infection

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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asymptomatic and self- limiting

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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spelunker’s disease

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Darling’s disease (pulmonary disease)

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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cave disease

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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reticuloendothelial cytomycosis

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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not common

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Endemic in Mississippi and Ohio river valleys

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Endemic in Southwest United States (Mexico), Central and South America

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Coccidioides immitis

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Endemic in Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi river valleys

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Endemic in Central and South America

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Culture Media: Blood agar

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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White to dark tan; young colonies tenacious, older colonies glabrous to woolly

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Culture: 22oC

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Coccidioides immitis

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White to tan to dark gray

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Coccidioides immitis

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Young colonies tenacious, older colonies cottony

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Coccidioides immitis

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Culture: pines medium, glucose-cysteine blood, or BHI with blood agar

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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White to brownish mold

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Woolly, cottony, or granular

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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BHI with blood agar- confirmatory test for Histoplasma capsulatum (grow under 37oC)

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Wright’s-Giemsa for capsule

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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White to beige; colony glabrous, leathery, flat to wrinkled, folded, or velvety

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Hyphae: fine hyaline septate hyphae

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Conidia: lollipop in appearance, borne directly from the hyphae or on conidiophores

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Yeast: large yeast (8-12 um) o resembles the figure 8

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Daughter cell is attached by broad necks

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Hyphae: septate hyaline with varying widths

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Coccidioides immitis

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Conidia: arthroconidia (barrel shaped)

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Coccidioides immitis

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Tissue form: spherules (30-60 um) containing endospore

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Coccidioides immitis

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Hyphae: very fine septate hyaline hyphae

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Macroconidia: sunflower in bloom; large unicellular, spherical with tuberculate walls

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Microconidia: borne directly or in short conidiophores

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Yeast form: blastoconidia with narrow necks

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Hyphae: same with Coccidiodes

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Conidia: not common

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

66
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Yeast: mariner’s wheel

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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