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Mycology Flashcards

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Spaghetti and meatballs appearance on 10% KOH

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Malassezia furfur

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Green fluorescence on Wood’s lamp

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Dermatophytoses

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DOC Malassezia furfur

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Miconazole

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Valley fever

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Coccidiodes immitis

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Erythema nodosum (desert bumps)

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Coccidioides immitis

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Intracellular yeast that develop and bud inside macrophages

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Histoplasmosis capsulatum

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2 great mimickers of PTB

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Histoplasmosis capsulatum

Paragoniumus

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Round yeast with broad based bud

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Mist common cause of fungal pneumonia

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Thick yeast with multiple buds in wheel configuration (mariner’s wheel)

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Disease of Paracoccidioides lutzii

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Lutz-Almeida Splendore disease

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Yeast with pseudohyphae

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Candida albicans

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DOC for oropharyngeal & esophageal candida infection

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Nystatin

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Oval yeast with narrow based bud surrounded by a wide polysaccharide capsule (with a halo)

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Test for Cryptococcus neoformans

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Positive latex agglutination test (CALAS)

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Most common cause of meningitis in immunocompromised patients

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Separate hyphae that form V-shaped (dichotomous) branches

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Nonseptate hyphae with walls and branches at right angles

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Mucormycosis

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Fungus ball in lung cavities

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Aspergilloma

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Asthmatic symptoms with expectoration of brownish bronchial plugs in Aspergillus fumigatus

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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

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Hat shaped cells

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Pneumocystis jiroveci

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Diagnosed by BAL washings

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Pneumocystis jiroveci

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Most common AIDS defining illness

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PCP (P carinii pneumonia)

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DOC & prophylaxis of choice: Pneumocystis jiroveci

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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

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