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
Thick yeast with multiple buds in wheel configuration
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Manhater dse caused by
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Fungi causing painful ulcers in mouth and nose
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Oval yeast with single bud or pseudo hyphae
Germ tubes in serum
Chlamydo spores in culture
Candida albicans
Right sided endocarditis
Candida albicans
Chemoprophylaxis for fungal infections
Fluconazole
Oval yeast with narrow based bud surrounded by wide polysaccharide capsule in india ink
Cryptococcus neoformans
MCC of meningitis in aids
Cryptococcus neoformans
Assoc with pigeon droppings containing soil
Cryptococcus neoformans
DOC for Cryptococcus neoformans
Amphotericin b
Flucytosine
Septate hyphae that form acute angles
Exist only as molds
Aspergillus fumigatus
Brownish bronchial plugs
Crescent sign
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
DOC for aspergillosis
Amphotericin B
Nonseptate hyphae with walls and branches at right angles
Mucormycosis
Rhino orbital cerebral infection
Mucormycosis
Hat shaped cells seen in bronchioalveolar washings
Pneumocystis jiroveci
MC. Aids defining illness
PCP
Diffuse interstitial pneumonia with ground glass infiltrates
PCP
DOC for PCP
Cotrimoxazole
Major membrane sterol in fungi
Ergosterol