Fungi

Question 1

chitin wall, ergosterol membrane, 80S ribosome, nucleus

Answer 1

fungus characteristics

Question 2

superficial, subcutaneous or systemic

Answer 2

classification

Question 3

dry microsporum, trichophyton; epidermoophyton; moist candida

Answer 3

superficial fungi

Question 4

sporothrix and madurella

Answer 4

subcutaneous

Question 5

opportunistic and non opportunistic

Answer 5

systemic

Question 6

pneumocystis, aspergillus and cryptococcus

Answer 6

opportunistic systemic fungi

Question 7

histoplasma, coccidioides, paracoccidioides, and blastomyces

Answer 7

non opportunistic systemic fungi

Question 8

keratin is needed to growth : microsporum, trichophyton; epidermophyton

Answer 8

dermatophyte

Question 9

keratin is not needed: malassezia and candida

Answer 9

non dermatophyte

Question 10

sporulation, condia (asexual) and zygospores (sexual)

Answer 10

form of reproduction

Question 11

stains fungi red

Answer 11

periodic acid schiff stain

Question 12

stains fungi black and grey

Answer 12

gomori methenamine silver stain

Question 13

specific for fungi: contains dextrose and peptones in an agar medium

Answer 13

sabouraud culture medium

Question 14

mold (cold): multicellular, branching hyphae; yeast (hot) unicellular, buds

Answer 14

temperature related forms

Question 15

can exist in both forms depending on the circumstance; candida

Answer 15

dimorphic

Question 16

decaying vegetation or dry wall; inhalation of spores; cough and hemoptysis

Answer 16

aspergillus fumigatus

Question 17

US east coast, inhalation of spores; affects skin, bone and lung

Answer 17

blastomyces dermatidis

Question 18

likes moist skin folds, red itching rash with a cottage cheesy discharge

Answer 18

candida albicans

Question 19

san joaquin valley fever; spore inhalation, lungs, joints and skin

Answer 19

coccidioides immitis

Question 20

pigeon poop, spore inhalation, pneumonia, brain abscess, owl eye lesions

Answer 20

cryptococcus neoformans

Question 21

dermatophyte; tinea pedis with red itchy scaly feet

Answer 21

epidermophyton floccosum

Question 22

spread by bat droppings

Answer 22

histoplasma capsulatum

Question 23

rotting vegetation, woodcutters, puncture wound, warty lesions on foot

Answer 23

madurella grisea or mycetomatis

Question 24

tinea versicolor, hypopigmented rash, spaghetti and meatballs appearance

Answer 24

malassezia furfur

Question 25

dermatophyte; tinea corporis: ring like lesions with healing centers

Answer 25

microsporum canis

Question 26

latin american males, spore inhalation, nasal ulceration, spoke wheel

Answer 26

paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Question 27

spore inhalation; causes pneumonia in an immune compromised pt

Answer 27

pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii)

Question 28

rotting vegetation, rose gardeners, spread along lymphatics in the limb

Answer 28

sporothrix schenckii