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Mycology Flashcards

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“spaghetti and meat balls” fungus

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Malassezia furfur

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dandruff shampoo for Malassezia furfur

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selenium sulfide

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produces (+) Wood’s lamp

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Microsporum (dermatophyte)

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fungus found on rose thorns

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Sporothrix schenkii

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Suppurating subcutaneous nodules that progress along lymphatic channels

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lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis

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spherules with endospores

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Coccidiodes immitis

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fungus present in bird and bat droppings

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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produces calcified lesions on CXR

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Yeasts within macrophages

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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10
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Broad-based bud

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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fungus found in pigeon droppings

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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12
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treatment for Cryptococcus neoformans

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flucytosine

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India Ink stain of CSF: (+) encapsulated yeast

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Yeast with halo

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Yeast with pseudohyphae

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Candida albicans

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branching septated hyphae (45 degrees)

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Aspergillius

17
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treatment for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

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corticosteroids

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treatment for aspergilloma

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removal via thoracic surgery

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treatment for invasive aspergillosis

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voriconazole

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saprophytic molds

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Rhizopus/Rhizomucor/Mucor

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broad, nonseptated, branching hyphae (90 degrees)

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Rhizopus/Rhizomucor/Mucor

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(+) black nasal discharge

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Rhizopus/Rhizomucor/Mucor

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Unicellular fungi

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Pneumocystis jirovecii

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treatment for Pneumocystis jirovecii

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TMP-SMX

25
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when to order lactic dehydrogenase study ?

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work up for Pneumocystis jirovecii

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