Mycology Flashcards
Dermatophytes
Microsporum canis
Trichophyton tonsurans
Epidermopophyton floccosum
Hsr rxn distant from initial site
Dermatophytid reaction
Green fluorescence on wood’s lamp
Septate hyphae on koh
Hyphae and conidia on saboraud’s
Dermatophytes
Ttt for tinea versicolor
Miconazole
Rose gardeners’s dse
Sporotrichosis
Sporothrix schenkii
Ttt for sporotrichosis
Itraconazole
Potassium iodide
Inhalation of arthrospores
Coccidioides immitis
Valley fever
Coccidioides immitis
Ttt for valley fever
Itraconazole
Amphotericin B
Transmitted thru microconidia via bat guano or starling droppings
Histoplasma capsulatum
Closely mimics ptb
Histoplasmosis
Causes tongue ulceration in aids
Histoplasma capsulatum
Round yeast with broad based bud
Blastomyces dermatitidis
MCC of fungal pneumonia
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Blastomycoses
Ttt for blastomycosis
Itraconazole