Mycology Flashcards
Mycoses that infects only the suoerficial keratinized structures
Dermatophytoses
Culture medium for fungi
Saborauds agar
Spaghetti and meatballs
Malassezia furfur
DOC for Malassezia furfur
Miconazole
Transmission via thorn prick
Sporotrichosis
DOC for Sporotrichosis
Itraconazole or potassium iodide
Inhalation of arthrospores
Coccidioided immitis
Diagnostic clue of Coccidioided immitis
Spherules with endospores
Valley fever
Coccidioided immitis
DOC of vakley fever
Amphotericin B
Fluconazole if menigitis occurs
Diagnostic clue of H capsulatum
Budding yeast inside macrophages
Intracellular yeast
Diagnostic clue of blastomyces dermatitidis
Broad based buds
Diagnostic clue of paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Mariners wheel/mickey mouse apperance
DOC for paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Itraconazole
Rhino orbital cerebral infection with eschar formation
Mucormycosis
Diagnosis of Dermatophyses
10% KOH
Sabarauds agar: hyphae and conidia
Green fluorescence on Woods lamp
Treatment for Malassezia furfur
Miconazole
Exist only as molds; septated hyphae that form V shaped, dichotomous branches at acute angles
Aspergillus fumigatus
Asthmatic symptoms with expectoration of brownish brochial plugs
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Aspergillus fumigatus
Saprophytic molds; nonseptated hyphae with walls that form branches at right angles
Mucormycosis
Diagnosis of P jiroveci
SAtaining BAL washings
Toluidine blue, Methenamine silver stain
Most common AIDS defining illness
P jiroveci
CXR of P jiroveci
Diffuse interstitial pneumonia with ground glass infiltrates bilateral
