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MYCO & VIRULOGY L2 (Prelim- Subcutaneous & Cutaneous) Flashcards

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Infects outermost layer of skin or hair

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Superficial mycoses

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Causes patchy lesions/ scaling, dandruff, and prevalent during warm weather

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Malassezia furfur

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Appearance of an outer ring of a progressing infection

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Malassezia furfur

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Common sites of Malassezia furfur

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  • face
  • chest
  • trunk
  • abdomen
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Appearance of Malassezia furfur under KOH

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  • “spaghetti and meatballs fungus”
  • budding yeasts
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Positive for Malassezia furfur in wood lamp

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Yellow fluorescence

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Causative agent of “black piedra”

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Piedraia hortae (Septate Dematiaceous)

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Scalp hair infection, dark brown to black nodules that contain asci (saclike) structures and 8 ascospores

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“black piedra” or Piedraia hortae (Septate Dematiaceous)

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This is known as skin colonizer, warm loving, and usually found in tropical locations

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Malassezia furfur

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Also known as Tinea nigra

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Hortaea werneckii

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Also known as Tinea versicolor

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Malassezia furfur

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brown to black non scaly macules usually in palms and soles

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Hortaea werneckii

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Confused or misdiagnosed with malignant melanoma

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Hortaea werneckii

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Laboratory tests for Hortaea werneckii

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  • Skin scrapings
  • 10-20% KOH
  • Hyphal elements w/ budding cells
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Trichosporon spp. is also known as?

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“white piedra”

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Occurs in hair shaft, opportunistic systemic pathogens, associated with immunocompromised diseases

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Trichosporon spp.

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A Trichosporon spp. that is known to be a human pathogen

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Trichosporon beigelii

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A Trichosporon spp. that is a systemic disease (meningitis)

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T. mucoides

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A Trichosporon spp. that is a fatal disease in immunocompromised hosts

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T. asahii

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Enumerate the important organisms that belong to Superficial mycoses

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  • Malassezia furfur - yeast
  • Piedraia hortae
  • Hortaea werneckii
  • Trichosporon spp.- yeast
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This term is used to describe organisms that are able degrade keratin

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Dermatophytes (usually cutaneous mycoses)

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This term is used to describe organisms that cannot degrade keratin

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Non-dermatophytes (usually mga superficial mycoses)

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Utilizes keratin as source of nitrogen

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Dermatophytes (Cutaneous mycoses)

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Important Genera that belonged to Cutaneous Mycoses

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  • Trichophyton - hair, skin, nails
  • Microsporum - hair and skin
  • Epidermophyton - skin and nails
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Trichosporon spp. can be grown or cultured in?

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Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA)

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Other tests that can be performed on Trichosporon spp. are?

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  • Carbohydrate fermentation
  • Potassium nitrate
  • Assimilation of sugars
  • Urease Test
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Most common cause of infection and is anthropophilic

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Trichophyton

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Caused by Trichophyton and appears as ringworm of the groin, or “jock itch”

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Tinea cruris

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Caused by Trichophyton and appears as ringworm of the beard

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Tinea barbae

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Caused by Trichophyton and appears as ringworm of the body

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Tinea corporis

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Caused by Trichophyton and appears as ringworm on the nail

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Tinea unguium

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Caused by Trichophyton and appears as ringworm of the feet, or “athlete’s foot”

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Tinea pedis

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Caused by Trichophyton and appears as ringworm of the scalp and hair

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Tinea capitis

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Laboratory diagnosis for Trichophyton

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Direct Detection Methods such as stain

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This stain reveals hyaline septate hyphae or arthroconidia

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Calcofluor white or potassium hydroxide

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Spores that fill hairshaft

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Endothrix

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Spores that ensheath hair shaft

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Ectothrix

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A clinically significant Trichophyton that causes crusty lesions made up of dead epithelia. Has antler hyphae and white and wrinkled colony

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T. schoenleinii

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38
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Other term for T. schoenleinii

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“Tinea favosa”

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A clinically significant Trichophyton that is a nail dermatophyte, slow growing and its microconidia appears clavate- or peg-shaped

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T. rubrum

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IDENTIFY THE TRICHOPHYTON
Colony:
i. white, granular, & fluffy varieties
ii. yellow in younger colonies

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T. mentagrophytes

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A clinically significant Trichophyton that infects the nails. Its microconidia appear grapelike or teardrop-shaped

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T. mentagrophytes

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40
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A clinically significant Trichophyton that is a hair dermatophyte and is larger than other dermatophytes.

Its colony appears white, tan to yellow, or rust, suede-like to powdery

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T. tonsurans

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State the appearance of the microconidia and macroconidia of T. tonsurans

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Microconidia- teardrop or club-shaped with flat bottoms

Macroconidia- balloon shaped

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IDENTIFY THE TRICHOPHYTON
Colony:
i. white downy - pink granular
ii. Young: reverse yellow
iii. Old: wine/red

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A clinically significant Trichophyton that has glabrous to velvety white colonies

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T. verrucosum

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IDENTIFY THE TRICHOPHYTON
- Microconidia: large and teardrop-shaped
- Macroconidia: rare, rat-tail

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T. verrucosum

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A clinically significant Trichophyton that is a hair dermatophyte and is chlamydoconidia (commonly aligned in chains)

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T. violaceum

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Its macroconidia appear
- echinulate spindle-shaped
- thick-walled
- four or more septa

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Microsporum spp.

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IDENTIFY THE TRICHOPHYTON
Colony:
i. Port wine to deep violet
ii. Heaped or flat with waxy
iii. Pigment may be lost on subculture

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T. violaceum

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The appearance of Microsporum spp. microconidia

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  • club-shaped
  • borne on hyphae
46
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Primary cause of tinea capitis. A low-grade superficial lesion, circular, scaly patches of alopecia and “black dot” ringworm

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M. audouinii

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Aerial hyphae, appear velvety, powdery, glabrous, or cottony, vary in color (whitish-cinnamon brown)

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Microsporum spp.

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Transmitted through infected hairs on caps, hats, combs

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M. audouinii

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Appear as rare bizarre-shaped, and or Terminal chlamydospores microscopically

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M. audouinii

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“Zoophilic“ pathogen of animals. Most common cause of ringworm in dogs

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Its colony appears
i. cottony white –salmon
ii. velvety aerial mycelium

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M. audouinii

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IDENTIFY BASED ON THE FF. CHARACTERISTICS
Macroconidia:
- Tapering spiny distal ends

Colony:
- lemon-yellow or yellow-orange fringe

50
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M. audouinii positive test

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  • (+) yellow-green under woods lamp
51
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Infection in hair & skin, free living in the soil (geophilic)

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M. gypseum

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IDENTIFY
Microscopic appearance:
▪ Fusiform, thick-walled conidia
▪ Spindle-shaped but not as pointed as distal ends of M.canis

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M. gypseum

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Test for M. canis

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  • (+) Woods lamp
  • calcofluor white or potassium hydroxide
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IDENTIFY
Colony:
- powdery surface
- buff or cinnamon color
- undersurface is brownish

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M. gypseum

52
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Common cause of tinea cruris and tinea pedis. Susceptible to cold and are slow growers

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Epidermophyton spp.
(Epidermophyton floccosum)

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IDENTIFY
Microscopic appearance:
- thin-walled macroconidia
- Multiseptate
- Rounded tip

Colony:
- Olive green to khaki
- Dull orange-brown periphery

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Epidermophyton spp.
(Epidermophyton floccosum)

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Traumatic implantation of foreign objects leading to fungus entry. These agents are commonly found in soil or decaying vegetation

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Subcutaneous Mycoses

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Chronic fungal infection. It is acquired through traumatic inoculation of organism, and appears as “Papule”

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Chromoblastomycosis

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This is found at the site of trauma. Enlarges to form warty or tumorlike lesions, resembles cauliflower, and spreads through the lymphatic system

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“Papule” in Chromoblastomycosis

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Also known as “verrucous dermatitis” or “chromomycosis”

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Chromoblastomycosis

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Copper-colored, septate cells. Divide by binary fission and resemble “copper pennies”

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Sclerotic bodies in Chromoblastomycosis

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What are the agents of Chromoblastomycosis

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  • Cladophialophora carrionii
  • Fonsecaea pedrosoi
  • Phialophora verrucosa
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Sample for lab dx of Chromoblastomycosis

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Scrapings from crusted lesion

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Appearance of Chromoblastomycosis in 10% potassium hydroxide (KOH)

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“muriform cells” – aggregation of dark brown cells

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Molecular method used for Chromoblastomycosis

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MALDI-TOF MS

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Darkly pigmented colonies, Gray – Olive black, Velvety or seudelike are the appearances of this organism when cultivated

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Chromoblastomycosis

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Microscopically this appears with a sympodial arrangement of conidiophores.

The primary conidia gives rise to secondary conidia, and some conidia may appear similar to others spp. of fungi

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Fonsecaea pedrosoi

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Microscopically this appears phaeoid, flask-shaped phialides, well developed collarette, and one-celled conidia oval

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Phialophora verrucosa

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Microscopically this appears with sporulation with long chains of elliptical conidia, erect conidiophores, and fusiform, conidia

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Cladophialophora carrionii

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Caused by darkly pigmented fungi. Distinguishable by phaeoid fungi

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Phaeohyphomycosis

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Agents of Phaeohyphomycosis. Enumerate at least three.

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  • Alternaria spp.
  • Bipolaris spp.
  • Cladophialophora spp.
  • Curvularia spp.
  • Exophiala spp.
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Phaeohyphomycosis can cause? (Enumerate at least three)

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  • Phaeohyphomycotic cysts
  • Progressive soft tissue infection
  • Brain abscess
  • Sinusitis
  • Pulmonary infection
  • Systemic infection
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Methods to diagnose Phaeohyphomycosis

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  1. Direct microscopic examination
  2. Histopathologic examination
  3. Stains:
    ✓ Fontana-Masson – detects
    melanization
    ✓ 10% Silver Nitrate
    ✓ Ammonium hydroxide
65
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This stains fungal elements brown-black in red background

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Ammonium hydroxide

66
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Chain of large brown conidia. “Drumstick” appearance

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Alternaria spp.

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IDENTIFY
- Septate hyphae
- Geniculate conidiophores – bent where conidia are attached
- Conidia are oblong to fusoid

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Bipolaris spp.

68
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Appears as shield cells in wet mount

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Cladophialophora spp.

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IDENTIFY
- Hyaline septate
- Conidiophores are geniculate
- Conidia:
✓ sympodial
✓ golden-brown
✓ central swollen cell

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Curvularia spp.

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IDENTIFY
- Yeastlike cells
- Produced by annellides
- Conidiophores are cylindrical with tapered tip
- Conidia:
✓ clusters
✓ Round to oval

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Exophiala spp.

70
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Chronic infection that arises at the site of inoculation
Characterized by:
- swelling
- exudate

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Eumycotic Mycetomas

71
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Molecular method for Eumycotic Mycetomas

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Amplification test for fungal DNA in sterile body fluids

71
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Causes mycetomas . Can be caused by bacteria or fungi and occur in tropical or subtropical areas

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Eumycotic Mycetomas

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Stains used for lab dx of Eumycotic Mycetomas

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  1. Hematoxylin- eosin
  2. Methenamine silver : appear black
  3. Fontana- Masson: pigmented hyphae
73
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The teleomorph term for Scedosporium boydii

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Pseudoallescheria boydii

73
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Microscopically it appears to produce single oval conidia

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Scedosporium boydii

73
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This forms “cleistothecia” containing ascospores and is homothallic

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Pseudoallescheria boydii

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This is the ability of an organism to go sexual reproduction without a mate

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Homothallic

74
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When cultured this is characterized to be a rapid grower, and appears to have white-dark gray colonies on Potato dextrose agar

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Scedosporium boydii

75
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Granules of Scedosporium boydii

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White mycetoma

76
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Microscopically, it appears unbranched, multiseptated conidiophore. Clusters of single-two-celled conidia, and has conidia at the tip of the conidiophore

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Acremonium spp.

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The previous name of Acremonium spp.

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Fusarium falciforme

78
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Granules of Acremonium spp.

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White mycetoma

79
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Septate hyphae and has the most cases of mycetoma

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Madurella spp.

80
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IDENTIFY
Microscopic appearance:
✓ Long tapering phialides
✓ Collarettes and sclerotia
✓ Granules: Black Mycetoma

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Madurella spp.

81
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IDENTIFY
- Recovered from soil and decaying vegetation
- Most cases are associated with
gardening
- “Rose Handler’s Disease”

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Sporothrix schenckii spp. complex

82
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Commonly manifest as
lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis

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Sporothrix schenckii spp. complex

83
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Appearance of Sporothrix schenckii spp. complex in direct examination

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Small, cigar-shaped yeasts

83
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Dimorphic, examined at 22°C -37°C

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Sporothrix schenckii spp. complex

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Appearance of Sporothrix schenckii spp. complex in microscopic examination

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Rosette pattern conidia

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