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Mycology Flashcards

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Inhibit ergosterol synthesis

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Imidazole

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Major membrane sterol of fungi

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Ergosterol

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Cell wall content of fungi

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Chitin

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2 basic forms of fungi

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Yeast and molds

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Ingestion of contaminated peanuts and grains causes liver CA due to aflatoxins

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Aspergillus flavus

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Lab dx of fungi- low pH inhibits growth of bacteria

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Sabouraud’s

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Green fluorescence on Wood’s lamp

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Dermatophytlses

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Tinea versicor/ an an

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Malassezia furfur

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Sporotrichosis

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Sporothrix schenckii

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Occurs in gardeners, MOT is thorn prick

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Sporotrichosis

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Forms spherule in tissue; transmitted via arthrospores

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Coccidio immitis

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Valley fever, desert bumps

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Coccidiodes immitis

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Grows in soil contaminated by bird droppings, bat guano; transmitted by MICROCONIDIA

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Histoplasmosis

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Round yeast with Broad Based Bud; MOT is inhalation of conidia

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Blastomycoses dermatitidis

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Most common cause of fungal pneumonia

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Blastomyces dermatitides

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Mariner’s wheel

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Paracoccidioides brasilensis

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Cause of pseudomembranous vaginitis

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Candida albicans

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Satellite lesions

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Candida albicans

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Pigeon droppings

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Airborne yeast cells

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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V shaped

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Exist only as molds

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Fungus ball

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Asthmatic symptoms with expectoration of brownish bronchial plugs

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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

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Rhino orbital cerebral infection

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Mucormycosis

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Right angles

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Mucormycosis

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Dx of pneumocystis jiroveci is via?

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BAL washings

28
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Inhalation of cysts

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P jiroveci

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