Exam II Buzzwords Flashcards
Farmer’s Lung
aspergillus
high IgE and asthma sx
aspergillus
(ABPA)
aflatoxins on peanuts
aspergillus
right angle (90 degree) branching hyphae
mucor/zygomycosis
(Rhizopus, Mucor, Absidia)
uncontrolled DM or DKA
mucor/zygomycosis
rinocerebral nectrotizing disease
mucor/zygomycosis
pigeon/bird droppings
Cryptococcus
narrow based budding
cryptococcus
india ink stain
cryptococcus
soap bubble lesions
cryptococcus
often diagnostic of HIV/AIDS
pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP)
dry hypoxic cough and treat with ABX
PCP
spaghetti and meatballs with longterm TPN
malassezia furfur
hypo or hyperpigmentation
tinea versicolor
(m. furfur)
alcoholic rose gardener syndrome
Sporothrix scheneckii
nodular lymphadenitis of rose gardener
Sporothrix schenckii
Ohio River Valley
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Histoplasma
erythema nodosum
histoplasma
coccidiomycosis
resembles TB
histoplasma
blastomycosis
caves, chicken coops
Histoplasma
east coat USA
Blastomycosis
big broad based buds
blastomycosis
2-4 micrometers
Histoplasma
8-15 micrometers
blastomycosis
South American Blastomycosis
Paracoccidiomycosis
multiple buds / ship’s or mariner’s wheel
paracoccidiomycosis
coffee plants
paracoddidiomycosis
Valley Fever
San Joaquin Valley Fever
Coccidioidomycosis
mold in the desert
coccidioidmycosis
steroid use
oral thrush
(candida)
liver abscess
entamoeba histolytica
ancohvy paste
entamoeba histolytica
eats RBCs
entamoeba histolytica
hikers/campers not filtering water
Giardia
water parks
cryptosporidium
5-7 micrometers
cryptosporidium
acid fast
cryptosporidium
cyclospora
greasy, fatty stool
Giardia
8-10 micrometers
cyclospora
20-30 x 10-19 micrometers
isospora
green, foamy, fishy odor
trichomonas vaginalis
corkscrew motility
Trich. vaginalis
anopheles mosquito
plasmodium
quartan fever
P. malariae
tertian fever
P. ovale
P. vivax
quotidien fever
P. knowlesi
NE USA
Babesia
all rings on blood smears
Plasmodium
Ixodes tick
Babesia
multiple rings in RBCs
Babesia
tetrads/ “Maltese cross”
Babesia
sandfly bite
Leishmania
fever, diarrhea, anemia
Kala azar (Leish)
no flagellum
amastigote
flagellated
promastigote
Romana sign rash
Trypanosoma cruzi
edema around eyes
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chaga’s disease
Trypanosoma cruzi