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L30 Fungi Flashcards

1
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Cell walls made of

A

chitin
mannan
glucan

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2
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Fungi oxygen

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Strict aerobes

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3
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Bakers yeast

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facultative anaerobe

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4
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Fungus structural differences

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septate hyphae

aseptate hyphae

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5
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Mycelium

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hyphal mass

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6
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Septate

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hyphae with cross walls

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7
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Coenocytic

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hyphate w/o cross walls

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8
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Yeast to mold or mold to yeast?

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Most go mold to yeast except candida

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9
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Required to eliminate fungal infection

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T-cell mediated immunity

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10
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Endemic

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Histoplasma capsulatium Temp
blastomyces dermatitidis Temp
coccidiodes immitis, posadasi Non-Temp

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11
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Histo transformation

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temperature

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12
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H. capsulatum type of infection

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Reticuloendothelial system infection

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13
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Blastomyces appearance

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Broad based buds

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14
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Coccidiodes entry

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Transform into spherules filled with endospores

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15
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Coccidiodes Temp dependence

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NOOOOOOOOOO

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16
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C. immitis disease

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Desert rheumatism or Valley fever

17
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C. immitis spread and multiplication

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Disseminated coccidiodiomycosis–>chronic meningitis

18
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Disseminated coccidiodiomycosis complication

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Chronic meningits

19
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Disseminated coccidiodiomycosis treatment

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Itraconazole: interferes wtih ergosterol synthesis

20
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Opportunistic fungi

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Candida
Cryptococcus neoformans, gattii
Aspergillus
Mucormycetes
Pneumocystis jiroveci
21
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Candida found in this form

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mycelial, found in tissue

22
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Diaper rash caused by

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intertriginous candidiasis

23
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Aspergillus significance

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Ubiquitous

24
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Aspergillus species

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A. fumigatus

A. flavus

25
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Aspergillus on normal tissue

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Only in profoundly immunocompromisedindividuals

26
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Mucormycosis forms

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Rhinocerebral: diabetics

Disseminated

27
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Seborrheic dermatitis:

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Subcutaneous

patches of greasy scales

28
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Tinea versicolor

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hyperpigmented skin

superficial mycoses

29
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Antifungals

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Capsofungin

Micafungin

30
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Capsofungin

Micafungin are types of

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Echinocandins

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