Mycology Flashcards

1
Q

Dermatophytes

A

Microsporum canis
Trichophyton tonsurans
Epidermopophyton floccosum

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2
Q

Hsr rxn distant from initial site

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Dermatophytid reaction

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3
Q

Green fluorescence on wood’s lamp
Septate hyphae on koh
Hyphae and conidia on saboraud’s

A

Dermatophytes

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4
Q

Ttt for tinea versicolor

A

Miconazole

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5
Q

Rose gardeners’s dse

A

Sporotrichosis

Sporothrix schenkii

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6
Q

Ttt for sporotrichosis

A

Itraconazole

Potassium iodide

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7
Q

Inhalation of arthrospores

A

Coccidioides immitis

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8
Q

Valley fever

A

Coccidioides immitis

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9
Q

Ttt for valley fever

A

Itraconazole

Amphotericin B

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10
Q

Transmitted thru microconidia via bat guano or starling droppings

A

Histoplasma capsulatum

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11
Q

Closely mimics ptb

A

Histoplasmosis

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12
Q

Causes tongue ulceration in aids

A

Histoplasma capsulatum

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13
Q

Round yeast with broad based bud

A

Blastomyces dermatitidis

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14
Q

MCC of fungal pneumonia

A

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Blastomycoses

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15
Q

Ttt for blastomycosis

A

Itraconazole

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16
Q

Thick yeast with multiple buds in wheel configuration

A

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

17
Q

Manhater dse caused by

A

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

18
Q

Fungi causing painful ulcers in mouth and nose

A

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

19
Q

Oval yeast with single bud or pseudo hyphae
Germ tubes in serum
Chlamydo spores in culture

A

Candida albicans

20
Q

Right sided endocarditis

A

Candida albicans

21
Q

Chemoprophylaxis for fungal infections

A

Fluconazole

22
Q

Oval yeast with narrow based bud surrounded by wide polysaccharide capsule in india ink

A

Cryptococcus neoformans

23
Q

MCC of meningitis in aids

A

Cryptococcus neoformans

24
Q

Assoc with pigeon droppings containing soil

A

Cryptococcus neoformans

25
Q

DOC for Cryptococcus neoformans

A

Amphotericin b

Flucytosine

26
Q

Septate hyphae that form acute angles

Exist only as molds

A

Aspergillus fumigatus

27
Q

Brownish bronchial plugs

Crescent sign

A

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

28
Q

DOC for aspergillosis

A

Amphotericin B

29
Q

Nonseptate hyphae with walls and branches at right angles

A

Mucormycosis

30
Q

Rhino orbital cerebral infection

A

Mucormycosis

31
Q

Hat shaped cells seen in bronchioalveolar washings

A

Pneumocystis jiroveci

32
Q

MC. Aids defining illness

A

PCP

33
Q

Diffuse interstitial pneumonia with ground glass infiltrates

A

PCP

34
Q

DOC for PCP

A

Cotrimoxazole

35
Q

Major membrane sterol in fungi

A

Ergosterol