Mycology Flashcards

1
Q

Most widely used culture medium

A

SABORAUD’s AGAR

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2
Q

Used to dissolve tissue material, leaving the alkali resistant fungi intact

A

10% KOH

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3
Q

Four approaches to the laboratory diagnosis of fungal diseases

A

Direct microscopy

Culture

DNA probe test

Serologic test

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4
Q

Dermatophytes

A

Trichophyton

Microsporum

Epidermophyton

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5
Q

Derivative of glucose

Composed of N-acetylglucosamine

A

CHITIN

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6
Q

Hypopigmented spots on the chest and back

A

MALASEZZIA FURFUR

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7
Q

Spaghetti and meatballs

A

Malasezzia furfur

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8
Q

Treatment for Pityriasis

A

Salicylic acid

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9
Q

Athletes’s foot

A

Tinea pedia

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10
Q

Jock itch

A

Tinea cruris

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11
Q

Ringworm (body)

A

Tinea corporis

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12
Q

Ringworm (head)

A

Tinea capitis

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13
Q

Rose gardener’s disease

A

SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII

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14
Q

Cigar shaped budding yeast

A

SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII

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15
Q

Most common cause of outbreaks of tinea capitis in children

A

Trichophyton tonsurans

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16
Q

Main cause of endothrix

A

Trichophyton tonsurans

17
Q

Dermatophytes that affects external surface or skin of hair

A

Ectothrix

18
Q

Invaded the hair shaft or inside the hair

A

Endothrix

19
Q

Causes favus

A

Trichophyton schoenlenii