Mycology Flashcards
Spaghetti and meatballs appearance on 10% KOH
Malassezia furfur
Green fluorescence on Wood’s lamp
Dermatophytoses
DOC Malassezia furfur
Miconazole
Valley fever
Coccidiodes immitis
Erythema nodosum (desert bumps)
Coccidioides immitis
Intracellular yeast that develop and bud inside macrophages
Histoplasmosis capsulatum
2 great mimickers of PTB
Histoplasmosis capsulatum
Paragoniumus
Round yeast with broad based bud
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Mist common cause of fungal pneumonia
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Thick yeast with multiple buds in wheel configuration (mariner’s wheel)
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Disease of Paracoccidioides lutzii
Lutz-Almeida Splendore disease
Yeast with pseudohyphae
Candida albicans
DOC for oropharyngeal & esophageal candida infection
Nystatin
Oval yeast with narrow based bud surrounded by a wide polysaccharide capsule (with a halo)
Cryptococcus neoformans
Test for Cryptococcus neoformans
Positive latex agglutination test (CALAS)
Most common cause of meningitis in immunocompromised patients
Cryptococcus neoformans
Separate hyphae that form V-shaped (dichotomous) branches
Aspergillus fumigatus
Nonseptate hyphae with walls and branches at right angles
Mucormycosis
Fungus ball in lung cavities
Aspergilloma
Asthmatic symptoms with expectoration of brownish bronchial plugs in Aspergillus fumigatus
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
Hat shaped cells
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Diagnosed by BAL washings
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Most common AIDS defining illness
PCP (P carinii pneumonia)
DOC & prophylaxis of choice: Pneumocystis jiroveci
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
