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9. Dimorphic Fungi Flashcards

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Primary infection of dimorphic fungi

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Pulmonary

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2
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How are tissue specimens processed?

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Minced

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How are pleural fluid and CSF specimens processed?

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Concentrated

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How are mucus and pus specimens processed?

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Mucolytic agent

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Easiest and quickest method for microscopic examination for dimorphic fungi

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KOH preparation (+ Calcofluor)

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6
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Stains used for in situ staining

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  • H&E
  • PAS
  • GMS
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7
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Culture media for primary isolation of dimorphic fungi

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SDA
SABHI
BHI

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8
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Incubation temp of media for primary isolation of dimorphic fungi

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30°C

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9
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Media used for subculture for dimorphic fungi

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PDA

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10
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MOT of dimophic fungi

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Respiratory route

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11
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Immune response to dimorphic fungi

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Cellular immune response

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True/False. Dimorphic fungi are not strong antigens.

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True

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13
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Explain dimorphic fungi antibody detection

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Positive: exposure (not necessarily infection)

AIDS patients will be negative

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14
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What is detected in the expantigen test for dimorphic fungi?

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Cell free extracts of the fungus

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15
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Used to react with known antisera in the exoantigen test for dimorphic fungi

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Material extracted from mold phase

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16
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Causative agent of Gilchrist’s disease

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Disease caused by B. dermatitidis

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Blastomycosis/Gilchrist’s disease

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2 types Blastomycosis

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  • chronic cutaneous blastomycosis

- systemic blastomycosis

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Most common manifestations of systemic blastomycosis

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  • bone lesions

- osteomyelitis

20
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After how many days will yeast forms of B. dermatitidis appear on enriched media?

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After 10-15 days

21
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Associated with Valley fever

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Coccidioides immitis

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The most virulent of all agents of human mycoses

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Coccidioides immitis

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Disease caused by C. immitis

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Primary pulmonary coccidiodomycosis

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After how many days will C. immitis appear on SDA/SABHI?

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Arthroconidia of C. immitis appear on SDA/SABHI after

26
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Has whote and cottony colonies (cobwebs)

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C. immitis

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Has barrel-shaped arthroconidia

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C. immitis

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Associated with disjuncture cells

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C. immitis

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A soil saprobe with high nitrogen content

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Associated with Spelunker’s disease

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H. capsulatum

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Disease caused bu H. capsulatum

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Histoplasmosis

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Cell where H. capsulatum organisms can be found

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Inside macrophages (histiocytes)

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After how many days will the yeast form of H. capsulatum appear?

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After 10-15 days

34
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Has macroconidia that become tuberculate with age

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H. capsulatum

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A soil saprobe of acid soil

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Disease caused by P. brasiliensis

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Paracoccidioidomycosis

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Mold colony of P. brasiliensis mature in

38
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Has a mariner wheel-shaped yeast form

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P. brasiliensis

39
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Associated with Rose gardener disease

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Sporothrix schenckii

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Disease caused by S. schenckii

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Sporotrichosis

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Mold form of S. schenckii develops in

42
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Has hyphae frequently found as ropes

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S. schenckii

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Has conidiophores that produce multiple conidia in flowerets arrangement

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S. schenckii

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Has a yeast form that is cigar-shaped

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S. schenckii

45
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Enumerate the thermal dimorphs

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  • Blastomyces dermatitidis
  • Coccidioides immitis
  • Histoplasma capsulatum
  • Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
  • Sporothrix schenckii
  • Penicillium marneffei

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