micro - mycology/parasitology Flashcards
bird/bat droppings, pnemomia, ohio and mississpi river valleys
histo
treatment for local mycoses
fluconazole, itraconazole
treatment for systemic mycoses
amphotericin B
inflammatory lung dx spreading to bone and skin, forming granulamtous nodles
blasto
macrophage filled with spores
histo
broad based budding - size of RBC
blasto
pnemonia and meningitis in SW US. can spread to bone and skin
coccidomycosis
sphericle filled with endospores (bigger than RBC)
coccidomycosis
captains wheel budding yeast from latin america
paracoccidomycosis
spegetti and meatball on KOH. hypo/hyperpigmented patches
tinea versicolor
treatment for tinea versicolor
topical miconazole, selsun
treatment for candidia
fluconazole or caspofungin for oral/esophageal
fluconazole, amphotericin B for systemic
yeasts with heavy halo-like capsules, stains with india ink
cryptococcus neoformans
erosive facial fungi in diabetic/leukemia pts
branches at wide angles
mucor/rhizopus
causes PCP in AIDS pts
pneumocystis jirovecii
treatment for pneumocystis jirovecii
TMP-SMX, pentamidine, dapsone
cigar shaped budding yeast lives on vegitation - “rose gardener’s “
sporothix
treatment for sporothrix
itraconazole or KOH
bloating, flatulance, foul smellng fatty diarehha
giardia
transmission/treatment for giardia
cysts in water/metronidazole
dysenterry, lover abcess, RUQ pain
entamomeba histolytica
transmission/treatment for entamomeba histolytica
cysts in water/metronidazole
severe diarrhea in AIDS pt. stains acid fast
crypto
brain abcess in HIV and causes congential brain lesions
toxoplasmosis
treatment for toxoplasmosis
sulfadiazine +pyrimethamine