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Fungi Flashcards

1
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Fungii cell wall

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Complex consists of: chitin, glucan, and mannan

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Nonseptate Hyphae

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  1. No cross walls
  2. Broad with irregular width
  3. Broad angle of branching
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3
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Septate Hyphae

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Cross walls

Width fairly regular (tube-like)

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4
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Key Dimorphic Fungi

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  1. Histoplasma
  2. Blastomyces
  3. Coccidioides
  4. Sporothrix
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5
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Body Heat Changes Shape

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Dimorphic fungi

Blastomyces

Histoplasma

Coccidioides

Sporothrix

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6
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Pt with blotchy hypopigmentation of skin

KOH scraping shows “spaghettie and meatballs”

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Malassezia furfur

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7
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Trichophyton

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Dermatophytes that infect skin, hair and nails

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Microsporum

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Dermatophytes that infect hair and skin

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9
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Epidermophyton

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Dermatophytes that infect nails and skin

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Pt with subcutaneous/lymphocutaneous mycetoma

Gardener, florist, basket weaver

Cigar-shaped yeasts in pus

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Sporothrix schenckii

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11
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Histoplasma regions

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Eastern Great lakes, Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri River Beds

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12
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Histoplasma found in

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Soil enriched with bird or bat feces

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13
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What cells is Histoplasma found in

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Reticuloendothelial cells

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Histoplasma causes

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Pneumonia like

Hepatosplenomegaly

Lesions have a tendency to calcify as they heal

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15
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Coccidioides region

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Southwestern US

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16
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Histoplasma tissue form

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Small intracellular yeast with narrow neck on bud

NO CAPSULE

17
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Coccidioides tissue form

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Spherules with endospores

18
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Valley fever

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  1. Due to Coccidiodes
  2. Desert bumps (erythema nodosum)
  3. Arthritis
  4. Pulmonary lesions have a tendency to calcify
19
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Aspergillus predisposing conditions

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Asthma, CF

Fungus ball

Neutropenia, CGD, CF, burns

20
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Cryptococcus source

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Soil enriched with pigeon dropping

21
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Pigeon breeder with acute pulmonary symptoms

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Cryptococcus

22
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Hodgkins/AIDs pt with meningitis

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Cryptococcus

23
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How do you stain Cryptococcus

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India Ink

24
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What infection occurs in ketoacidotic diabetic patients and leukemic patients

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Mucor

25
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Premature infant or AIDs pt with atypical pneumonia

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Pneumocystis

26
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Pneumocystis biopsy reveals

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Homneycomb exudate and silver-staining cysts

27
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Xray of Pneumocystis

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Ground glass

28
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What does Pneumocystis attach to?

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Type 1 pneumocytes causing excess replication of Type 2 pneumocytes

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