Microbio - Fungi Flashcards

1
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*AIDS person with meningitis

A

Cryptococcus

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2
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*Water polo player with itchy scaly rash on lateral toe then moved along lateral side of foot

A

Trichophytum rubrum

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3
Q

*Pityriasis versicolour (whitening skin marks)

A

Malassezia furfur

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4
Q

*Lady came back from visiting her sister in Arizona with systemic sx - fever etc

A

Coccidioides

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5
Q

*Man in his 60s with poorly controlled diabetes presents with rapidly progressing periorbital swelling, sinus pain, confusion and sinusitis

A

Rhizopus spp. causing mucormycosis

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6
Q

*Mucormycosis trx

A

amphotericin B or posaconazole

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7
Q

*Type of serology for invasive Aspergillosis?

A

Galactomannan

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