Mycology Flashcards

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Mycoses that infects only the suoerficial keratinized structures

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Dermatophytoses

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Culture medium for fungi

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Saborauds agar

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Spaghetti and meatballs

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Malassezia furfur

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DOC for Malassezia furfur

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Miconazole

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Transmission via thorn prick

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Sporotrichosis

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DOC for Sporotrichosis

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Itraconazole or potassium iodide

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Inhalation of arthrospores

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Coccidioided immitis

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Diagnostic clue of Coccidioided immitis

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Spherules with endospores

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Valley fever

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Coccidioided immitis

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DOC of vakley fever

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Amphotericin B

Fluconazole if menigitis occurs

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Diagnostic clue of H capsulatum

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Budding yeast inside macrophages

Intracellular yeast

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Diagnostic clue of blastomyces dermatitidis

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Broad based buds

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Diagnostic clue of paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Mariners wheel/mickey mouse apperance

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DOC for paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Itraconazole

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Rhino orbital cerebral infection with eschar formation

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Mucormycosis

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Diagnosis of Dermatophyses

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10% KOH
Sabarauds agar: hyphae and conidia
Green fluorescence on Woods lamp

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Treatment for Malassezia furfur

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Miconazole

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Exist only as molds; septated hyphae that form V shaped, dichotomous branches at acute angles

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Asthmatic symptoms with expectoration of brownish brochial plugs

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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Aspergillus fumigatus

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Saprophytic molds; nonseptated hyphae with walls that form branches at right angles

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Mucormycosis

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Diagnosis of P jiroveci

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SAtaining BAL washings

Toluidine blue, Methenamine silver stain

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Most common AIDS defining illness

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P jiroveci

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CXR of P jiroveci

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Diffuse interstitial pneumonia with ground glass infiltrates bilateral