Fungi Flashcards
Woods lamp Golden yellow
Malassezia
Red pigment
Serratia
T rubrum
Talaromyces
Discharging granules
Black
White
Yellow
Madhurella
Pseudelescheria
Actinomyces
Sclerotic bodies
Medlar bodies
Copper penny
Chromoblastomycosis
Sc nodules along lymphatics
Sporotrichosis
Sc erythema along lymphatics
Lymphangitis by staph aureus
Doc—Amox clav
Intracellular yeast
Histoplasmosis
Missisippi
Darling
Ohio
Tuberculate conodia
Broad base budding yeast
Blastomycosis
North america
Chicago
Gilchrist
Yeast with endospores
Coccidiodes
Desert rheumatism
Valley fever
California
Barrel shaped arthrospores
Yeast with Mickey mouse or pilot wheel
Paracoccidiodes
South america
Bottle brush or broom brush appearance
Talaromyces
Bamboo bat reservoir
Curdy or cottage cheese discharge
Candidiasis
Germ tube test/Raymond braude phenomenon positive—candida albicans
Chrom agar culture but resistant to candida crusei
Corn meal agar—Chlamydospores
Fungus with H/O HIV AIDS
Cryptococcosis
Negative stain india ink—Halo
Bird seed agar/Niger seed agar
Phenol oxidase/laccase
Latex agglutination test
Mucicarmine stain
Galactomannan positive
Aspergillosis
Gomori methenamine silver stain
Orbital cellulitis in pt with DKA
Rhizopus—Rhinoorbital/rhinocerebral
Rhizoids
R—Nodal
A—Internodal
M—Absent
Pneumonia in HIV pt
Penumocystosis
GMS stain
Darkly stained crushed crescent shape black cysts/ Crushed pingpong ball
1-3BD glucan assay negative
BMC
Blastomycosis
Mucormycosis
Cryptococcosis
Mycetoma
Dermatacious
Madhurella
Psuedelescheria
Cladosporium
Bipolaris
Treatment of
Superficial
Subcutaneous
Endemic
Non endemic
Fluconazole>Terbinafine
Itraconazole/Liposomal amphotericin B
Itraconazole/Liposomal amphotericin B
Candida — Fluconazone>caspofungin
Cryptococcus—Lipo Amp B+ fluconazole if severe Flucytosine
Aspergillus—Voriconazole
Mucormycosis—Lipo amp B+ Posoconazole
Pneumocystis— Cotrimoxazole
Flower like conidia
Sporotrichosis
