Lesson 4 Flashcards
Infection caused by fungus is known as ______
Mycosis
Candida albicans affecting the mouth is called
Oral candidiasis or thrush
It is common in women who are pregnant, diabetic, or taking antibiotics or oral contraceptives
Vaginal Candidiasis
Used to treat mycosis, or infections caused by fungi
Antifungals or Anti-mycotic druge
2 types of fungal infections
Opportunistic
Non-opportunistic
A fungal infection that affects the skin on your feet, often between your toes
Athlete’s foot (tinea pedis)
A fungal infection that happens in the area of the groin and thighs
Jock itch (tinea cruris)
A fungal infection that is common in men and adolescent boys
Jock itch
Affects the skin of the scalp and associated hair shafts
Ringworm of the scalp (tinea capitis)
A fungal/yeast skin infection that causes small oval discolored patches to develop on skin
Tinea versicolor / pityriasis versicolor
A skin infection that’s caused by candida fungi
Cutaneous candidiasis
A fungal infection of your nails
Onychomycosis (tinea unguium)
Amphotericin B is the treatment of _________
Moniliasis
Aspergillosis
Candida infection
Treatment of aspergillosis
Caspofungin
Treatment of candida infection
Flucystosine
Treatment of esophageal candidiasis
Micafungin
Treatment of intestinal candidiasis
Nystatin
Newer drugs used to treat systemic fungal infections; less toxic than amphotericin b
Azoles
Give an example of azoles (for skin fungal infection)
Ketoconazole
Terbinafine
Gential violet
Clotrimazole
Old treatment for skin infections
Gentian violet
Agents used to treat protozoan infections
Anti-protozoals
Single celled microorganisms that pass through several stages in their life cycles
Protozoans
4 types of species of protozoa that causes of malaria
Plasmodium Malariae
Plasmodium Ovale
Plasmodium Vivax
Plasmodium Falciparum
Most dangerous type of protozoan
Plasmodium falciparum
A disease characterized by a cycle of fever and chills through a bite of Anopheles mosquito
Malaria
The vector of Malaria
A female Anopheles Mosquito
Two phases of malaria
Tissue phase
Erythrocytic phase
A phase of malaria: invasion of body tissue which is usually asymptomatic
Tissue phase
A phase of malaria: invasion of the rbcs which causes chills, fevers, sweating
Erythrocytic Phase
What is the incubation period of malaria
10-35 days
Temperature is there is a fever?
37.5 +
First found drug to be effective in the treatment of malaria
Quinine
What cranial nerve does anti-malarial affects
VIII - vestibulocochlear
It is caused by Entamoeba Histolytica
Amoebiasis
It is known as amoebic dysentery
Amoebiasis
A disease caused by protozoan that is passed from sand flies to humans
Leishmaniasis
It is caused by trypanosoma
Trypanosomiasis
Two types of trypanosomiasis
African sleeping sickness
Chagas’ Disease
It is caused by trypanosoma brucei
African sleeping sickness
It is caused by trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas’ disease
A disease with a vector of tsetse fly
African sleeping sickness
A disease with a vector of kissing bug or triatomine bugs
Chagas’d disease
What is the vector of dengue
Aeded aegypti
A common cause of vaginitis; trichomonas vaginalis
Trichomoniasis
It is caused by giardia lamblia
Giardiasis
The most commonly diagnosed intestinal protozoan in the US
Giardiasis
