Dimorphic Fungi Flashcards
1
Q
Fungi with mold and yeast phase
A
dimorphic fungi
2
Q
Mold:
- oval conidia on short conidiophores
Yeast:
- broad-based blastoconidia
A
Blastomyces dermatitidis
3
Q
Mold:
- round, large, tuberculate
macroconidia
Yeast:
- small oval yeast
A
Histoplasma capsulatum
4
Q
Mold:
- barrel-shaped arthroconidia
Yeast:
- Spherules containing
endospores
A
Coccidiodes immitis
5
Q
Mold:
- sterile, hyphae chlamydoconidia
Yeast:
- “mariner’s wheel”
- “mickey mouse cap”
A
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
6
Q
Mold:
- Sparse green aerial hyphae
- reddish brown vegetative hyphae
Yeast:
- Oval to cylindrical yeastlike
A
Penicillium marneffei
7
Q
Mold:
- Conidia in rosette/ sleeve pattern
Yeast:
- Cigar-shaped
A
Sporothrix schenckii
8
Q
causes Rose handler’s dse/ Sporotrichosis
A
Sporothrix schenckii
