Intro To Medical Mycology

Question 1

Example of multicellular

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Molds

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Example of unicellular

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Yeast

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Fungi doesn’t have cell wall or peptidoglycan, instead they have

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Chitin

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What is heterotrophs

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Unable to make their own food

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Fungi loves

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Oil surfaces

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Cell membrane of fungi has —— that is targeted by the anti fungal treatment

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Ergosterol

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Fungal form

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-mushroom (macro organism)
-Yeast (unicellular
-molds (multicellular)

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Medically important fungi

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-Basidiomycota
-Zygomycota
-hyaline hyphomycete
-Dematiaceous hyphomycete
-Ascomycota

Question 9

True or false: There are 1.5 million species of fungi and 300 of those are medically important

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True

Question 10

True or false: Antibiotic can’t kill fungi

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Yes because fungi doesn’t have cell wall or peptidoglycan

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-fast growing and characterized by primitive coencytic hyphae -mostly aseptate (no division)
-causes acute and fulminant opportunistic systems mycoses in immunosuppressed and acidotic diabetes px

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Zygomycetes

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Medically important zygomycetes

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1. Entomophthorales : subcutaneuos zygomycosis
2. Mucorales : subcutaneous and systemic zygomycosis

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Subcutaneous zygomycosis

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Entomophthorales

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Example of entomophthorales (subcutaneous zygomycosis)

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-Basidiobolus and condiobolus

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Subcutaneous and systemic zygomycosis

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Mucorales

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Example of mucorales (subcutaneous and systemic zygomycosis)

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Mucor and rhizopus

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Structure of rhizopus spp

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Rootlike

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Mucor spp when mature it has

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Sporangia

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2 types of hyphae

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Aseptate and septate

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Has no division

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Aseptate

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Has division

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Septate

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Fungi that has a potential of being systemic pathogens

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Basidiomycetes

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Medically important basidiomycetes

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1. Basidiomycetes yeast
2. Mushrooms

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Example of basidiomycetes yeast (medically important basidiomycetes)

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Cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii

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Microscope use in observing cyrptococcus neoformans

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Dark field microscopy

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Stain used in observing the capsule of cryptococcus neoformans

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India ink

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Saprobes Characterized by septate hyphae with simple spores Asexual reproduction by condidia Sexual reproduction by ascospores Asci are often housed in a fruiting body

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Ascomycota

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Medically important ascomycota

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1. Pseudallescheria and eurotium spp 2. Leptosphaerian and neotestudina - agent of mycetoma 3. Piedraia hortae - black piedra

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Agent of mycetoma

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Leptosphaeria and neotestudina

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Location of asci

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Inside the ascospore

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A class of fungi where most of the Medically important member belongs to Fungi without fruit bodies Differentiated by macroscopic and microscopic characteristics

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Hyphomycetes

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Hyphomycetes is differentiated mainly by

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Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics

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Medically important hyphomycetes

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1. Dermatophytes 2. Aspergillus spp. 3. Dimorphic fungi 4. Dematiaceous fungi - color brown

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Most common isolated aspergillus spp.

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Microsporum gypseum

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Dermatophyte

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Growth temp of yeast

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Body temp 37degrees C

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Growth temp of molds

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Body temp 20-25degrees C

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Has yeast and molds form

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Dimorphic fungi

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Human fungal infection

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Mycoses

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Study of fungi that impacts human health

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Medical mycology

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Dimorphic fungi

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Dematiaceous fungi (color brown)

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Curvalia spp

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Types of mycoses

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1. Superficial mycoses 2. Cutaneous mycoses 3. Subcutaneous mycoses 4. Systemic mycoses

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Type of mycoses that the fungal infection involving inly the skin and or hair

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Superficial mycoses

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Type of mycoses that the fungal infection involving only the skin, hair and nail

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Cutaneous mycoses

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Type of mycoses that chronic localized infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue following traumatic implantation of causative agent

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Different type of systemic mycoses

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1. Dimorphic systemic mycoses 2. Opportunistic systemic mycoses

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Type of systemic mycoses that the fungal infection of the body is caused by geographically restricted fungal infection

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Dimorphic systemic mycoses

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Usual site of infection in dimorphic systemic mycoses

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Pulmonary following the inhalation of conidia

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Type of systemic mycoses that the fungal infection of the body which occur almost exclusively among immunocompromised px

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Opportunistic systemic mycoses

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Common example of opportunistic systemic mycosesn

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Candida albicans