Medical Mycology

Question 1

Eukaryotes with a chitin wall

Answer 1

Myco/fungi

Question 2

Gram stain of fungi

Answer 2

+

Question 3

Aerobic need of fungi

Answer 3

aerobes

Question 4

Cell wall of fungi made of?

Antifungals target?

Answer 4

beta-glucans, ergosterol, chitin (most antifungals target the first two)

Question 5

most fungi are contagious how? Exception?

Answer 5

Most are not, dermatophytes, however, are

Question 6

round, yellow, unicellular asexual budding things

Answer 6

yeast

Question 7

multicellular, hairy, hyphae with sex spores and asex conidia

Answer 7

mold

Question 8

yeast are unicell or multi

Answer 8

unicell

Question 9

mold are unicell or multicell

Answer 9

multicell

Question 10

Thermal dimorphism? What in what conditions

Answer 10

fungi that adopt mold or yeast form-yeast in hot conditions

Question 11

True pathogenic fungi (dimorphic) are predictable how

Answer 11

geographically?

Question 12

most common true pathogenic fungi, found in E U.S., from birds and bats

Answer 12

histoplasmosis

Question 13

ohio valley fungi

Answer 13

histoplasmosis

Question 14

Tb like true pathogenic fungi found near MS river region/SE US

Answer 14

blastomycosis

Question 15

True pathogenic fungi found in hot, dry climates, commonly kicked up during construction

Answer 15

coccidiodomycosis

Question 16

Opportunistic fungi that causes one to not be able to breathe

Answer 16

Pneumocystis pneumonia/jiroveci-also causes PCP

Question 17

opportunistic fungi that causes necrotic pnuemonia and fungal balls

Answer 17

aspergillosis

Question 18

encapsulated opportunistic fungi, from pigeons and causes lung nodules

Answer 18

cryptococcus neoforms

Question 19

Contagious fungi

Answer 19

Candida Albicans

Question 20

Causes cottage cheese that can be wiped off

Answer 20

Oral candidiasis-Thrush-nasttty

Question 21

cutaneous fungi are

Answer 21

molds

Question 22

eat keratin/have keratinase, like warm chafed skin, tineas

Answer 22

Dermatophytoses

Question 23

Fungi that goes person to person and can cause hair loss, jock itch, athletes foot, and nail fungus

Answer 23

dermatophytoses