Fungi ----- Disease Flashcards

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1
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Cryptococcus Neoformans

A

Chronic meningitis

TORULOSIS

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Blastomyces Dermatitidis

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Gilchrist’s

North American Blastomycosis

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Paracoccidiodes brasilienisis

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South American Blastomycosis

MYCETOMA!!!

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4
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Coccidioidomycosis immitis

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Erythema Skin eruption lesions

Sterile Lesions!!!

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5
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Hitsoplasma capsulatum

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Darling’s Disease

Pulmonary infection

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6
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Sporothrix schenckii

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Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis

Subcutaneous–>Lymphatics

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Phialophora/Cladosporium/Fonsecaea

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Chromoblastomycosis

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Aspergillum Fumagatus

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Aspergillosis, asthma/cold/rhinitis/bronchiectasis/pulmonary TB bronchial neoplasms.

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9
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Candidiasis Albicans

A

Monilids / thrush

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10
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Chromobloastomycosis

A

Warty cauliflower-like growths

Brown, thick walled

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11
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Maduromycoses

A

Mycetoma

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12
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Large spherical or oval yeast pilots wheel

A

paracoccidioidomycosis

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Paracoccidioidomycosis

A

Mycetomas

mucous membranes of nose and mouth.

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14
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Dermatophytoses

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Obligate parasites of humans

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15
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Candidiasis

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Can have systemic involvement.

Pregnancy and diabetes

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16
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Sporotrichum schenckii

A

Cigar bodies

17
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Cryptococcus neoformans

A

Budding encapsulated yeast cells

18
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Cocciciodes immitis

A

Spherules

19
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Blastomyces dermatitidis

N.American Blasto (GILCHRIST’s) disease

A

DIMORPHIC

-in vivo thick single budding yeast

20
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Cryptococcoses

A

Torulosis

Neoformans-encapsulated yeast

21
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N. American Blastomycosis

A

Gilchrist’s

Dermatitidis- Thick wall single budding yeast cell in body

22
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Paracoccidioidomycosis

A

S. American Blastomycosis

Brasiliensis- Earliest lesions mouth or nose
Pilot’s Wheel!

23
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Histoplasmosis

A

Darling’s Disease

Capsulatum- Tuberculate knobby macroconidia.

24
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Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis

A

SPOROTHRIX schenckii- Cigar bodies

25
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Chromoblastomycosis

3

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Phialophora, cladosporium Fonsecaea.

-Dematiaceous fungi “BLACK MOLD”

26
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Eumycotic Mycetoma

A

MADUROMYCOSES
-Mycetoma, Granuloma
sinus tracts