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bird/bat droppings, pnemomia, ohio and mississpi river valleys

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histo

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treatment for local mycoses

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fluconazole, itraconazole

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treatment for systemic mycoses

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amphotericin B

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inflammatory lung dx spreading to bone and skin, forming granulamtous nodles

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blasto

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macrophage filled with spores

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histo

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broad based budding - size of RBC

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blasto

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pnemonia and meningitis in SW US. can spread to bone and skin

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coccidomycosis

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sphericle filled with endospores (bigger than RBC)

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coccidomycosis

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captains wheel budding yeast from latin america

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paracoccidomycosis

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spegetti and meatball on KOH. hypo/hyperpigmented patches

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tinea versicolor

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treatment for tinea versicolor

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topical miconazole, selsun

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treatment for candidia

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fluconazole or caspofungin for oral/esophageal

fluconazole, amphotericin B for systemic

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yeasts with heavy halo-like capsules, stains with india ink

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cryptococcus neoformans

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erosive facial fungi in diabetic/leukemia pts

branches at wide angles

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mucor/rhizopus

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causes PCP in AIDS pts

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pneumocystis jirovecii

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treatment for pneumocystis jirovecii

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TMP-SMX, pentamidine, dapsone

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cigar shaped budding yeast lives on vegitation - “rose gardener’s “

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sporothix

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18
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treatment for sporothrix

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itraconazole or KOH

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bloating, flatulance, foul smellng fatty diarehha

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giardia

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20
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transmission/treatment for giardia

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cysts in water/metronidazole

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21
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dysenterry, lover abcess, RUQ pain

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entamomeba histolytica

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transmission/treatment for entamomeba histolytica

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cysts in water/metronidazole

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severe diarrhea in AIDS pt. stains acid fast

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crypto

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24
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brain abcess in HIV and causes congential brain lesions

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toxoplasmosis

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treatment for toxoplasmosis

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sulfadiazine +pyrimethamine

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26
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rapidly fatal protozoa menigioencephalitits from swimming in freashwater lakes

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naegleria fowleri

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causes sleeping sickness

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typansoma

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sx of sleeping sickness

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enlarged lymph nodes, recurring fever, somnolecence, coma

29
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treatment for sleeping sickness

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suramin (blood)

melersoprol (CNS)

30
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really severe malaris

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p falciparum

31
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dormant form of malaria

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hypnozite (in liver)

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72 hr cycle malaris

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P malariae

33
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dx of malaria

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blood smear for trophozite ring, RBC schizont eith merozoites

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sx of malaria

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fever, headache, anemia, splenomegaly

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tx for malaria

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chloroquine (blocks plasmodium heme polymerase)

mefloquine if resistanr

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tx for severe malaria

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IV quinidine (test for G6PD deficicncy)

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tx for vivax/ovale

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choroquine + primaquine

38
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fever and hemolytic fever in NE US

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babesiosis

39
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transmitts babesiosis

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ixodes tick (dx with “maltese crosses on blood smear)

40
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treatment for babesiosis

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atovaqone and azithromycin

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causes chagas dx

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trypansomoa cruzi - transmited by reduviid bug

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sx of chagas dx

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dilated colon, cardiomyopathy, megaesophagus

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tx for chagas

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nifurtimox

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transmitts leishmaniasis

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sandfly

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sx of leishmaniasis

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spiking fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia

46
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tx for leishmaniasis

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stibogluconate

47
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tx for pinworm, roundworm, hookworm

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bendzole or pyrantel pamoate

48
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worms that cause anemia

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strongyloides and hookworm

49
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tx for strongyloides

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ivermactin or albendazole

50
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causes hyperpigmented skin and river blindness

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onchocerca volvulvus (from female black fly)

51
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tx for onchocerca volvulvus

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ivermectin

52
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tx for loa loa and wuchereria banctofti

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diethylcarbamazine

53
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nematodes infected by oral route

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enterobius ascarias, trichinella

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cutaneous infected nematodes

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stronglyoides, ancclystoma, necator

55
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DOC for most nematodes and flukes

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praziquantel

56
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parasite that can cause B12 deficncey

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latum tapeworm (from freshwater fish)

57
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causesa liver cysts that can lead to anaphylaxis

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echinococcus granulosus (from dog feces)

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fluke that can lead to SSC of bladder

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schistosoma

59
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parasite - brain cysts and seizures

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taenia solium

60
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parasite - liver cysts

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echinococcus granulosus

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parasite - biliary tract sx and cholangiocarcinoma

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clonorchis sinensis

62
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parasite hemoptysis

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paragonimus westermani

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parasite portal hypertension

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schitosoma mansoni

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parasite microcytic anamia

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accylostoma, necator

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