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Spaghetti and meatball appearance on 10% KOH

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Malassezia furfur

Tx. Miconazole

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Disease usually seen in gardeners (thorn prick)

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Sporothrix schenkii

Tx. Potassium Iodide

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Condition: influenza like illness, lung infiltrates, adenopathy or effusions
Erythema nodosum (desert bumps) arthralgia meningitis
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Valley fever

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MOT for Valley Fever

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inhalation of arthrospores

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Cause of Valley Fever

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Coccidioides imitis

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Bird droppings, (Starlings) or bat guano

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Condition that closely mimics tuberculosis

Chronic pneumonia, erythema nodosum, tongue ulcerations in AIDS patients

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Histoplasmosis

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MOT of Histoplasmosis

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inhalation of airborne microconidia

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2 great mimickers of PTB

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Histoplasmosis

Paragonimus westermani

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Dimorphic fungus

round yeast with broad based bud

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Dimorphic fungus

thick yeast with multiple buds in wheel configurations (mariner’s wheel) / Mickey mouse appearance

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Lutz-Almeida-De splendon

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Paracoccidiodomycosis

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Fungi that only infects men (inhibited by estrogen)

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Oval yeast with a single bud or as pseudohyphae

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Candida albicans

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Form germ tubes in serum and chlamydo-spores in culture

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Candida albicans

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Diseases associated with Candida albicans

Immunocompetent & Immunocompromise

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Immunocompetent:
   Vulvuvaginitis -> curdlike discharge
  Onychomycosis
   Skin lesions -> satellite lesions
Immunocompromise:
  pseudomembranous esophagitis/HIV
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DOC of Candida diseases

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oropharyngeal and esophageal -> nystatin swish & swash
Skin infection -> clotrimazole
Disseminated candidiasis -> amphotericin B
Chemoprophylaxis -> fluconazole

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Oval yeast w/ narrow-based bud surrounded by a wide polysaccharide capsule seen in India Ink

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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(+) CALAS test

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Septate hyphae that form V-shaped (dichotomous) branches

Acute angles

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Asthmatic symptoms with walls with expectoration of brownish bronchial plugs

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Allergic Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

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Saprophytic molds with nonseptate hyphae with walls and branches at right angles

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Mucormycosis

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Rhino-orbital-cerebral infection with eschar formation

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Mucormycosis

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