Microbiology Superset RidEZ - Part 3 Flashcards
What is the histologic appearance of Mucor?
Just like Rhizopus
Mold with irregular, broad, empty looking, nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles (over 90 degrees)
What is the histologic appearance of Rhizopus?
Just like Mucor
Mold with irregular, broad, empty looking, nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles (over 90 degrees)
Which patients are likely to have Mucor/Rhizopus?
- Ketoacidotic diabetics
2. Leukemics
Where in the body does Mucor/Rhizopus proliferate?
- Walls of blood vessels, causing infarction of distal tissue
- Rhinocerebral frontal lobe abscesses
What is pneumocystis jirovecii?
Formerly pneumocystis carinii. Yeast (originally classified as a protozoan)
What disease states does Pneumocystis cause?
Most infection sasymptomatic. Immunosuppresion predisposes to disease.
How is pneumocystis diagnosed?
Lung biopsy or lavage. Methenamine silver stain of lung tissue.
Treatment for pneumocystis
Combination of TMP-SMX, Pentamidine, and Dapsone.
Characterization of sporotrix schenckii
Dimorphic fungus that lives on vegetation.
Presentation of sporotrichosis
- Traumatically introduced into the skin by a thorn
- Local pustule/ulcer with nodules along draining lymphatics (ascending lymphangitis)
- Little systemic illness
What is rose gardener’s disease?
Sporotrichosis
Histologic appearance of sporotrix schenckii
Cigar-shaped yeast visible in pus with unequal budding
Treatment for sporotrichosis
Itraconazole or potassium iodide
What disease states does Entamoeba histolytica cause?
- Amebiasis
- Bloody diarrhea (dysentery)
- liver abscess
- RUQ pain
What disease states does Giardia lamblia cause?
- Giardiasis
- Bloating
- Flatulence
- Foul-smelling diarrhea
What diseases are found in campers and hikers?
Yersinia pestis and Giardia lamblia
What disease states does Cryptosporidium cause?
Diarrhea
- AIDS: Severe
- Non-HIV: Mild watery
What disease states does Toxoplasma cause?
- HIV: Brain abscess
2. Birth defects (ring-enhancing brain lesions)
What disease states does Plasmodium cause?
Malaria:
- Cyclic fever
- Headache
- Anemia
- Splenomegaly
- Severe cerebral malaria (with Plasmodium falciparum)
What disease states does Trichomonas cause?
Trichomonas vaginalis causes vaginitis with foul-smelling greenish discharge, strawberry-colored mucosa, and itching and burning. Motile on wet prep.
What disease states does Trypanosoma cruzi cause?
Chagas’ disease:
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Megacolon
- Megaesophagus
What disease states does Trypanosoma gambiense cause?
African sleeping sickness
What disease states does Trypanosoma rhodesiense cause?
African sleeping sickness
What disease states does Leishmania donovani cause?
Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar or black fever): fever, weight loss, anaemia and substantial swelling of the liver and spleen
What disease states does Naegleria cause?
Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
What disease states does Babesia cause?
Babesiosis: Fever and anemia
Which protozoa are transmitted by cysts?
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Giardia lamblia
- Cryptosporidium
- Toxoplasma
All water cysts except Toxo (cysts in meat or cat feces)
Which protozoa are transmitted by insect?
- Plasmodium (Anophales mosquitoes)
- Trypanosoma cruzi (Reduviid bug)
- Other trypanosomas (Tsetse fly)
- Leishmania (Sandfly)
- Babesia (Ixodes tick)
Which protozoa are transmitted by swimming in freshwater lakes?
Naeglaria (via cribriform plate)
Which protozoa are transmitted sexually?
Trichomonas vaginalis
Which protozoa are transmitted by mosquito?
Plasmodium
Which protozoa are transmitted by reduviid bug?
Trypanosoma cruzi (the enses are transmitted by the tsetses, cruzii by reduviid))
Which protozoa are transmitted by tsetse fly?
Trypanosoma gambiense and rhodesiense (the enses are transmitted by the tsetses, cruzii by reduviid))
Which protozoa are transmitted by sandfly?
Leishmania
Which protozoa are transmitted by ixodes tick?
Babesia
How do you diagnose: Giardia lamblia
Trophozoites or cysts in stool (classic pair shaped organism with double nuclei like owl eyes)
How do you diagnose: Entamoeba histolytica
- Trophozoites or cysts in stool
AND/OR
- Serology
How do you diagnose: Cryptosporidium
Cysts on acid-fast stain
How do you diagnose: Toxoplasma
Serology, biopsy
How do you diagnose: Plasmodium
Blood smear
How do you diagnose: Trypanosoma
Blood smear
How do you diagnose: Babesia
Blood smear, no RBC pigment, appears as “maltese cross”
How do you diagnose: Leishmania
Macrophages containing amastigotes
How do you diagnose: Naegleria
Amebas in spinal fluid
Treatment for: Entameba histolytica
Metronidazole and iodoquinol
Treatment for: Giardia lamblia
Metronidazole
Treatment for: Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole
Treatment for: Cryptosporidium
None
Treatment for: Naegleria
None
Treatment for: Plasmodium
- Choloroquine
- additonal Primaquine (for P. vivax and P. ovale to prevent relapse or liver damage)
- sulfadoxine plus pyrimethamine
- Mefloquine
- Quinine
Treatment for: Trypanosoma cruzi
Nifurtimox
Treatment for: Trypanosoma gambiense and rhodesiense
If blood-borne, suramin.
If CNS penetration, melarsoprol.
Treatment for: Leishmania
Sodium stibogluconate
Treatment for: Babesia
Qunine, clindamycin
Treatment for: Toxoplasma
Sulfadiazine plus pyrimethamine
Type of bug: Candida albicans
Dimorphic fungus, cutaneous OR systemic infection
Type of bug: Coccidioides immitis
Monomorphic fungus, systemic infection
Type of bug: Histoplasma capsulatum
Dimorphic fungus, systemic infection
Type of bug: Blastomyces dermatidis
Dimorphic fungus, systemic infection
Type of bug: Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Dimorphic fungus, systemic infection
Type of bug: Malassezia furfur
Monomorphic fungus, superficial infection
Type of bug: Cladosporium werneckii
Monomorphic fungus, superficial infection
Type of bug: Microsporum
Monomorphic fungus, cutaneous infection
Type of bug: Trichophyton
Monomorphic fungus, cutaneous infection
Type of bug: Epidermophyton
Monomorphic fungus, cutaneous infection
Type of bug: Aspergillus fumigatus
Monomorphic fungus, opportunistic systemic infection
Type of bug: Cryptococcus neoformans
Monomorphic fungus, opportunistic systemic infection
Type of bug: Mucor
Monomorphic fungus, opportunistic systemic infection
Type of bug: Rhizopus
Monomorphic fungus, opportunistic systemic infection
Type of bug: Pneumocystis jirovecii
Monomorphic fungus, opportunistic systemic infection
Type of bug: Sporothrix schenckii
Dimorphic fungus, subcutaneous infection with some lymphatic spread
Type of bug: Entamoeba histolytica
Protozoan
Type of bug: Giardia lamblia
Protozoan
Type of bug: Naegleria
Protozoan
Type of bug: Plasmodium
Protozoan
Type of bug: Cryptosporidium
Protozoan
Type of bug: Toxoplasma
Protozoan