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1
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Above colony surface (fuzzy appreance)

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Aerial

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2
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Only as yeast or cold

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Monomorphic

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3
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Microsporum audionii

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Pectinate Hyphae

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4
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Sac-like stucture

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Ascospores

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5
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Union of two undifferentiated cells

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Zygospore

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6
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Club shaped structure

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Basidiospores

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7
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Fungal infection affecting hairs of the scalp

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Black Piedra

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8
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Facial, genital, and scalp hair fungal infection

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White Piedra

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9
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Disease that has infection of affecting hair follicles

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Tinea Favosa

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10
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Rowboat shaped macroconidia

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Microsporum gypseum

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11
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Tear or balloon shaped microconidia

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Trichophyton tonsurans

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12
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Tear shaped microconidia

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Trichophyton rubrum

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13
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Most agents of mycosis

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Deuteromycota

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14
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Affecting the outermost layer of skin

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Superficial mycoses

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15
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Athlete’s foot

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T. Mentagrophytes

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16
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Gray patch tinea

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Microsporum audouni

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17
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Cause of scalp infection

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T. Tonsurans

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18
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Beaver’s tail

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Condia

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19
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Star shaped powdery colonies

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Destrose agar

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20
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Lead to tumor-like deformities

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Eumycotic mycetoma

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21
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Invading organs like skin, lungs, and the brain

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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

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22
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Traumatic implantation

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Subcutaneous mycoses

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23
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Cigar shaped yeast with single or multiple buds

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Yeast

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24
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Darlings disease

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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25
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Large yeast with multiple buds like ship’s wheels, mariners/ pilots wheel

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Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis

26
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Most virulent of all mycotic agent

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Coccidioides immits

27
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Flurochrome stain for Chitin

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Calcofluor white

28
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Detect cryptococcus in CSF

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India ink/ nigrosin

29
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Used as indicator is phenol red

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Dermatophyte test medium DTM

30
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Most fungi grown within 2 week incubation period

31
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Cryptococcus neoformans capsule

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Mayer’s mucicarmine

32
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Require incorporation of ammonium oxolate into crystal violet

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Gram stain (hucker modification)

33
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To detect hyphal pigmentation

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Fontana massoj and H&e

34
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Most commonly encountered opportunistic fungal infections

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Candida albicans

35
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Major cause of opportunistic infection in patients with aids

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Cryptococcus neoformans

36
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Direct examination of specimen

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Microscopic exam

37
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Common cause of pulmonary that often found in compost piles of soil and potted plants

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Aspergillus fumigatus

38
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Penetrates medium and absorbs nutrients

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Vegetative

39
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Grows at 25 to 30 deg zc

40
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Multicellular filamentous

41
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Organism with no true nucleus

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Prokaryotic

42
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Epidermophyton floccosum

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Racquet hyphae

43
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It has an imperfect spores

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Asexual spores

44
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Formed through enlargemeny of hyphal cells

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Chamydoconida

45
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Budding or small outgrowth of hyphae

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Blastoconidia

46
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Either as yeast or mold

47
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Visualization of budding yeast, approximately 4 to 8 um

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Malassezia furfur

48
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Fungal agent of tinea favosa

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Trichophyton schoenleinni

49
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Common childhood diesease

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Gray patch ringworm

50
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Caused by dimorphic fungi

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Systemic mycoses

51
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In what deg the thick walled spherule filled with endospore

52
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Detection of fungi in histologic section s

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Gomori methenamine silver

53
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It’s used for dermatophyte recovery

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Mycosel or mycobiotic agar

54
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It’s previously known as penicillium marneffei

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Talaromcytes marneffei

55
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Infection of mucous membranes pf mouth in newborns or HIV

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Candidiasis

56
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Black pepper effect on culture media, fungus ball in lungs

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Aspergillus Niger

57
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This is the two types of fungal infection affecting hair shaft

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Graypatch and blot dot

58
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It’s a khaki colored colonies

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Epidermophyton floccosum

59
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Found in soil, feet is usually affected

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Subcutaneous mycoses

60
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Rat tail appearing microconidia string bean appreance

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T. Verricosum

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