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Fungi Flashcards

1
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C. Albicans treatment

A

Flucanoazole

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2
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C. glabrata

A

2nd most common

Flu experienced

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3
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C. parapsilosis

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Central catheters

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4
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C. krusei

A

resistant to flucanoazole

Heme maligancies

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5
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C. lusitaniea

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ampho-b R

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6
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C. neoformans

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HIV

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7
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C. gattii

A

Non HIV people

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8
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Spaghetti and meatballs

A

malassezia furfur

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9
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Bird and bat droppings

A

Histoplasmosis

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10
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Valley fever

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Coccidioidomycosis

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11
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Mariner’s wheel

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Paracoccidioides brasillensis

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12
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Rose gardener

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Sporothrix schenckii

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13
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Fruit bodies - 45 degree branching

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Aspergillus

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14
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Wheezing and productive sputum

A

Acute bronchopulmonary aspergillus

Farmer’s Lung

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15
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90 degree hyphae

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zygomycosis

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16
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Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii)

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Opportunistic infection of HIV

-Bacteria and fungus like

17
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The only antifungal that doesn’t work on the cell wall

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Pyrimadine

18
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Diagnostic tests for cryptococcus

A
  • India Ink
  • Soap bubble lesions- gelatinous masses of fungi grow in the meninges or expand the Virchow-Robin spaces
  • Polysaccharide that stains intense red
19
Q

fungus balls

A

aspergillosis

20
Q

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis

A

Of zygomycosis
Causes local tissue necrosis, invade arterial walls, and penetrate the periorbital tissues

Typically the pt is an uncontrolled diabetic

21
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Broad based budding
Double-contoured cell wall
Visible nuclei

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Blastomycosis

22
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Scedosporium/seudoallerscheria

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Immunocompromised hosts tend to get CNS infections

scedo- perfect, asexual
pseudo- imperfect, sexual

23
Q

HIV, pseudo hyphae, budding yeast

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Candida

24
Q

Pigeons, present in brain, India Ink

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Cryptococcosis

25
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Netrophilia and corticosteroids, asthma, fruity head

A

Aspergillus

26
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Bats, chickens, caves

A

Histoplasmosis

27
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Spherule containing endospores

A

Coccidiomycosis

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