Fungal skin infections Flashcards

1
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Superficial mycoses

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Tinea versicolor

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Cutaneous mycoses

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Dermatophytosis/ringworm
Candidiasis

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Subcutaneous mycoses

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Sporotrichosis
Mycetoma
Chromomycosis
Rhinosporidiosis

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4
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Systemic mycoses

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Coccidioidomycosis
Blastomycosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis

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5
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Fungus that causes tinea versicolor

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Malassezia furfur

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6
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Fungi that cause dermatophytosis

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Trichophyton
Microsporum
Epidermophyton

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7
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Fungus that causes sporotrichosis

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Sporothrix schenkii

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Fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis

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Coccidioides immitis

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9
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Fungus that causes blastomycosis

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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10
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Fungus that causes paracoccidioidmycosis

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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11
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Transmission of Malassezia furfur

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Direct or indirect transfer of infected keratinous material from one person to another

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12
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Dry, scaly, hypo/hyperpigmented lesions on the upper trunk, arms, chest, shoulders, face, or neck

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Tinea versicolor

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13
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Spherical yeast cells mixed with short, angular hyphae in skin scraping

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Tinea versicolor

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14
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Treatment for tinea versicolor

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Topical azoles –> ketoconazole or itraconazole

Selenium sulfide

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15
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Infector form for dermatophytosis and transmission

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Arthrospores

Person to person, fomites

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16
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Most common cause of tinea capitus in children

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Trichophyton dermatophytosis

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17
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Branching, hyaline septate and fungal hyphae on KOH mount

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Dermatophytosis

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18
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Lactophenol cotton blue staining is used in the diagnosis

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Dermatophytosis

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19
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Shows moldy growth at room temp in sebouradus dextrose sugar

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Dermatophytosis

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20
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Treatment for dermatophytosis

A

Miconazole
Clotrimazole
Itraconazole
Whitfield ointment

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21
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Combination of benzoic and salicylic acid

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Whitfield ointment

22
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Oval yeast-like forms that produce buds/blastoconidia, pseudohyphae and true hyphae. Forms germ tubes and terminal thick-walled chlamydoconidia

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Candida albicans

23
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Fungal infections that present as pruritic rash with erythematous vesiculopustular lesions and well-defined plaques with satellite plaques and pustules

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Candidiasis

24
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Treatment of cutaneous candidiasis

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Several topical agents that contain azoles

25
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Fungal lesion that is scaly and extremely itchy with expanding border and less inflammed center caused

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Dermatophytosis

26
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Gram stain in candidiasis

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Oval budding yeast cells with pseudohyphae

27
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General transmission of subq mycoses

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Traumatic inoculation

28
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Rose garderner’s disease

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Sporotrichosis

29
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Conidia infection that binds to ECM proteins and multiplies, stimulating neutrophils and granulomatous inflammation

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Sporotrichosis

30
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How sporothrix schenkii survives in the body

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Resists oxidative killing and spreads through lymphatic

31
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Painless nodules or ulcers at the site of inoculation and along the draining lymphatic chain

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Sporotrichosis

32
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Treatment for sporotrichosis

A

Itraconazole
Amphotericin B

33
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General transmission of systemic mycoses

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Inhalation of spores that germinate in the lungs

34
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GMS, PAS, or Giemsa stain shows broad based budding yeasts

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Blastomycosis

35
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Treatment of blastomycosis

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Itraconazole
Amphotericin B
Fluconazole if progressed to meningitis

36
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Tissue form is a large, distinctive spherule

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Coccidioides immitus

37
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Rectangular/barrel-shaped arthrospores cause infection

A

Coccidiomycosis

38
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Grows in sandy alkaline soil with high salinity

A

Coccidioides immitus

39
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Valley fever

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Coccidiomycosis

40
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Symptoms of Valley fever

A

Malaise
Cough
Chest pain
Fever
Arthralgia

41
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Chest x-ray findings in coccidiomycosis

A

Hilar adenopathy

42
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Erythematous macular rash, erythema multiforme or nodosum after dissemination of this systemic fungal infection

A

Coccidiomycosis

43
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Highly infectious systemic fungal infection

A

Coccidiomycosis

44
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Treatment of coccidiomycosis

A

Fluconazole
Amphotericin B
Itraconazole

45
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Fungal infection endemic in central and South America

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Paracoccidioidomycosis

46
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Histology of paracoccidioidomycosis

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Pilot wheel –> yeast with multiple buds

47
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Endemic areas of coccidiomycosis

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Southwestern USA and Latin America

48
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Endemic areas of histoplasma

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Ohio and Mississippi river valleys in US
Associated with bird and bat guano –> worldwide

49
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Endemic areas of blastomycosis

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Central and southeastern USA
Africa

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