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agents of disease that scientific discioline encompasses

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single-celled yeasts and filamentous molds

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body yeasts found among elderly patients

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single-celled yeasts

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single-celled yeasts found in elderly patients are oftentimes seen in their

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budding process

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they appear like plants,they have tube-like structures that acts as their branches,and they appear to have attached spores that may appear as leaves or fruits

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filamentous molds

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filamentous molds are called

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thallophytes

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fungal agents include

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true pathogens and opportunistic pathogens

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are known to cause sytemic functions,even to healthy individuals

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true pathogens

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true pathogens that cause systemic infections

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Histoplasma capsulatum Blastomyces dermatitidis Coccidiodes immitis Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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cause histoplasmosis

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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cause blastomycosis

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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cause coccidioidomycoses

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Coccidiodes immitis

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cause paracoccidioidomycoses

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Paracoccidioidomycoses

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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cause histoplasmosis

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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cause blastomycosis

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Coccidiodes immitis

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cause coccidioidomycoses

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Paracoccidioidomycoses

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cause paracoccidioidomycoses

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infect those who are immunocompromised or imminosuppressed

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Opportunistic Pathogens

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Patients with underlying health conditions

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Chronic Inflammatory Diseases (diabetes,HIV)

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Patients with weakened immune system

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Elderly

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Infection caused by Candida albicans

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Moniliasis

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also seen in female patients who overuse feminine wash products

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Moniliasis

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common in patient with diabetes

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Aspergillus

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fungal ball

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Aspergilloma

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common in immunocompromised patients

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Candida spp.

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Candida spp. is called
Candidiasis
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among HIV Patients
Cryptococcus neoformans
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Cryptococcus neoformans called
Cryptococcosis
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Genera under Zygomycetes
Mucor, Rhizopus,Rhizomucor,Absidia,Cunninghamella
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Dematiaceous Fungi aka
Phaeoid fungi
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fungi whose cell wall contain melanin, which imparts brown to black pigment
Dematiaceous Fungi
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lesions produce by infection caused by dematiaceous fungi
lesions with dark color or in the hair there's nodules dark in color
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hyphae of dematiaceous fungi is usually light to dark brown due to
melanin
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special stain used for demonstration of melanin in dematiaceous fungi
Masson-Fontana
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Examples of Dematiaceous Fungi
Cladophialophora bantiana, Wengiella dermatitidis
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fungi that causes brain abcesses
Cladophialophora bantiana
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Wengiella dermatitidis aka
Exophiala dermatitidis
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wengiella dermatitidis causes
Phaeohyphomycosis
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Moniliaceous Fungi is aka
Hyaline Fungi
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non-pigmented ,no melanin
Moniliaceous fungi
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color of hyphae of moniliaceous fungi
pink or red in color
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moniliaceous fungi examples
Scedosporium spp., Trichoderma spp., Aspergillus spp.
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fungi that have two growthforms
Dimorphic Fungi
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growth fors of dimorphic fungi
mold and yeast
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hyphal ormycelial colony of growth
Mold
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temperature where mold is found
ambient (23-25)
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appearace of mold microscopically
plant-like
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unicellular,spherical to ellipsoid (3-5um) fungal cell
Yeast
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Yeast are reproduced by
budding
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temperature where yeast are found
physiologic temperature of 37
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fungi that lack sexual reproduction
imperfect fungi
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imperfect fungi are represented only by
anamorph
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example of imperfect fungi
Deuteromycetes fungi (Sporothric spp., Epidemophyton, Candida spp.)
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fungi that are capable of fungal reproduction
perfect fungi
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perfect fungi are represented by
teleomorph
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perfect fungi are capable of — forms
sexual and asexual
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Example of perfect fungi
Ascomycetes, Zygomycetes, Basidiomycetes
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sexual spore of ascomycetes
ascospores
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sexual spore of zygomycetes
zygospores
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sexual spore of basidiomycetes
basidiospores
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asexual form of fungi
anamorph
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sexual form of fungi
teleomorph
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one key feature that differentiates fungi from bacteria
possess true nuclei
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cell wall and membrane of fungi contains
polysaccharides
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polysaccharides present in cell wall of fungi
chitin
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polysaccharides present in cell membrane of fungi
ergosterol
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treatment if bacteria takes up
5-10 or 7-10 days
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treatment of fungi takes up
months or longer
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why does treatment for fungi infection takes longer than bacterial infection
due to ergosterol
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drugs use for fungi
anti-fungal drugs
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almost all molds are ( oxygen requirement )
aerobic
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most yeasts are (oxygen requirement)
facultative anaerobes
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what type of cell are fungi
eukaryotic cell
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nucleus of fungi
defined nucler membrane
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mitochondria of fungi
present
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cell wall of fungi
glucans;mannans;chitins
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cell membrane of fungi
contain sterols;no respiratory enzymes
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antibiotic susceptibility of fungi
resistant to penicillins,tetracycline and chloramphenicol
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dimorphism of fungi
mycelial or yeast forms
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chromosome of fungi
more than one and CHON Associated
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sedimentation coefficient of fungi
80s
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Cultivation of fungi
< pH 6.0
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what type of cell are bacteria
prokaryotic cell
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nucleus of bacteria
no membrane
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mitochondria of bacteria
absent
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cell wall of bacteria
peptidoglycan
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cell membrane of bacteria
sterols absent;with respiratory enzymes
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antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria
resistant to griseofulvin and amphotericin B
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dimorphism of bacteria
none
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chromosome of bacteria
Only one but not CHON associated
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sedimentation coefficient of bacteria
70s
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Cultivation of bacteria
pH 7.2- 7.6
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fungi can grow on - moisture content
low
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fungi are often capable if metabolizing complex carbohydrates,such as
lignin
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hunans are relatively resistant to infectios caused by fungi except for
dimorphic fungi
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major factors responsible for the increase in the number of fungal infections or mycoses
growing number of immunocompromised people, complex surgical procedures and antibacterial therapy
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rose gardener's disease
sporotrichosis
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sporotrichosis caused by
sporothric schenckii
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appearance of yeast
pin-bowl appearance
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yeast when grown in the laboratory using artificial media can grow even at — temperature
23-25
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yeast colonies on media
moist,creamy,opaque or pasty
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appearances of yeast in aticficial culture media
like bacterial colonies
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colonies of molds
produce fluffy,cottony,woolly or powdery colonies
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colonies of cryptococcus neoformans appear—because of the presence of polysaccharide capsule
Shiny and mucoid
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have cilial forms;have branches;appear like plugs;they have hyphae and spores
molds
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example of perfect fungi (anamorph)
Histoplasma calsulatum
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example of perfect fungi (teleomorph)
Ajellomyces capsulatum
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teleomorph counterpart of blastomyces dermstitidis
Ajellomyces dermstitidis
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teleomorph counterpsrt of cryptococcus neoformans
Filobasidiella neoformans
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spore of Filobasidiela neoformans
basidiospores
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hyphae join together to form
mycelium
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most hyphal cells are separated by
porous cross-walls or septa (singular form=septum)
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types of hyphae based on the presence of septum
Septate hyphae,Aseptate hyphae
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two types of hyphae based on how they grow in the media
Vegetative or Substrate hyphae, Aerial Hyphae
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hyphae that have cross - walls
Septate hyphae
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hyphae that don't hsve cross-walls
Aseptate hyphae
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Hydrophilic- they are the one's growing within the medium
Vegetative or substrate hyphae

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