Buzz Words Infectious Disease Signs Flashcards
Red grains (actinomycetoma)
Actinomadura pelletieri
Yellow to brown grains (actinomycetoma)
Streptomyces somaliensis
Pink or cream grains (actinomycetoma)
Actinomadura madurae
White grains (actinomycetoma)
Nocardia brasiliensis and asteroides)
Pectinate hyphae (broken comb)
Microsporum audouinii
Bamboo-like hyphae
Microsporum ferrugineum)
“Pig snout” conidia
Microsporum nanum
Bullous tinea pedis
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Spiral hyphae
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Teardrop-shaped microconidia (“birds on a wire”)
Trichophyton rubrum
Septate hyphae with reflexive branching
Trichophyton soudanense
Teardrop, balloon and matchstick forms of conidia
Trichophyton tonsurans
Septate hyphae with favic chandeliers
Trichophyton tonsurans
Partial thiamine and inositiol requirement
Trichophyton verrucosum
Khaki-colored colony with club-shaped macroconidia
Epidermophyton floccosum