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Buzz Words Infectious Disease Signs Flashcards

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Red grains (actinomycetoma)

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Actinomadura pelletieri

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Yellow to brown grains (actinomycetoma)

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Streptomyces somaliensis

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Pink or cream grains (actinomycetoma)

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Actinomadura madurae

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White grains (actinomycetoma)

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Nocardia brasiliensis and asteroides)

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Pectinate hyphae (broken comb)

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Microsporum audouinii

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Bamboo-like hyphae

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Microsporum ferrugineum)

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“Pig snout” conidia

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Microsporum nanum

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Bullous tinea pedis

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Trichophyton mentagrophytes

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Spiral hyphae

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Trichophyton mentagrophytes

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Teardrop-shaped microconidia (“birds on a wire”)

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Trichophyton rubrum

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Septate hyphae with reflexive branching

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Trichophyton soudanense

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Teardrop, balloon and matchstick forms of conidia

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Trichophyton tonsurans

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13
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Septate hyphae with favic chandeliers

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Trichophyton tonsurans

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14
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Partial thiamine and inositiol requirement

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Trichophyton verrucosum

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15
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Khaki-colored colony with club-shaped macroconidia

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Epidermophyton floccosum

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Round cells attached to one another (“chain of coins,” “brass knuckles”)

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Lobomycosis (Lacazia loboi)

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Globe-shaped sclerotic cells (“Medlar bodies”, “copper pennies”)

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Chromoblastomycosis (dematiaceous fungi)

18
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Photochromogens (mycobacteria)

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M. kansasii, M. marinum, M. simium

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Broad-based budding with double contoured thick wall

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Blastomycosis (Blastomyces dematitidis)

20
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Large round organisms with multiple narrow-based buds radiating outward (mariner’s wheel)

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Paracoccidioidomysosis (Paracoccidioides brasiliensis)

21
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Dichotomous branching at 45-60deg angle

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Aspergillus

22
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Large ribbon-like hyphae with 90deg branching

23
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Giant sporangia

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Rhinosporidiosis (Rhinosporidium seeberi)

24
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Morula formation resembling soccer ball

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Protothecosis (Prototheca)

25
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Winterbottom’s sign

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Posterior cervical LAD in African trypanosomiasis

26
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Romana’s sign

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Eyelid edema and conjunctivitis in American trypanosomiasis (Changas disease)

27
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Mazzotti reaction

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Severe reaction in onchocerciasis associated with diethyl-carbamazine (when microfilariae killed)

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