MYCOLOGY Flashcards
NAME THE THERMALLY DIMORPHIC FUNGI
PARA HIS COCC BLAST SPORS :)
PARACOCCIDIOIDES HISTOPLASMA COCCIDIODES BLASTOMYCOSIS SPOROTHRIX
morphology with asteroid bodies
sporothrix
morphology with spherules filled with endospores
coccidiodes
morphology with budding yeast inside macrophages
histoplasma
broad based budding
blastomyces
detected by a urine antigen test
histoplasma , his urine
seen in southwestern united state and northern mexico
coccidioides
endemic in mississipi, and ohio
histoplasma
eastern and central US
blastomyces
mariner’s wheel
paracoccidiodes
seen in central and south america
paracoccidoides
use of germ tubes for diagnosis
candida
pseudohyphae
candida
soap bubble appearance in the brain
cryptococcus
dichotomous branching, v shaped at acute angles
aspergiluus
borad non septated branching hyphae , angles at 90 degrees
rhizopus
characterized with major surface glycoproteins undergo programmed rearrangements
pneumocystis jirovecii