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Intro To Medical Mycology Flashcards

1
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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

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

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True

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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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18
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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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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
24
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Example of basidiomycetes yeast (medically important basidiomycetes)

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Cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii

25
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Microscope use in observing cyrptococcus neoformans

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Dark field microscopy

26
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Stain used in observing the capsule of cryptococcus neoformans

27
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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

30
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Location of asci

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Inside the ascospore

31
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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

32
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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

35
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Microsporum gypseum

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Dermatophyte

36
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Growth temp of yeast

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Body temp 37degrees C

37
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Growth temp of molds

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Body temp 20-25degrees C

38
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Has yeast and molds form

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Dimorphic fungi

39
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Human fungal infection

40
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Study of fungi that impacts human health

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Medical mycology

41
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Dimorphic fungi

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Histoplasma capsulatum

42
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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
44
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Type of mycoses that the fungal infection involving inly the skin and or hair

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Superficial mycoses

45
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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

47
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Different type of systemic mycoses

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  1. Dimorphic systemic mycoses
  2. Opportunistic systemic mycoses
48
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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

49
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Usual site of infection in dimorphic systemic mycoses

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Pulmonary following the inhalation of conidia

50
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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

51
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Common example of opportunistic systemic mycosesn

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Candida albicans

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