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What is a dermatophyte?

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Fungus with the ability to obtain nutrients from keratin and therefore infects skin, hair, or nails.

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What is hyaline vs dematiaceous?

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Hyaline is see through, dematiaceous is pigmented.

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Candida

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Yeast

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Cryptococcus

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Yeast

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Geotrichum

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Yeast

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Saccharomyces

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Yeast

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Rhodotorula

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Yeast

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Trichosporon

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Yeast

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Malassezia

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Yeast

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Histoplasma

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Dimorphic

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Blastomyces

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Dimorphic

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Coccidioides

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Dimorphic

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Paracoccidioides

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Dimorphic

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Talaromyces marneffei

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Dimorphic

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Sporothrix Schenckii

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Dimorphic

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Rhizopus

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Rhizomucor

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Mucor

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Alternaria

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Bipolaris

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Curvularia

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Exserohilum

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Fonsecaea

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Scedosporium

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Microsporum

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Trichophyton

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Epidermophyotn

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Aspergillus

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Fusarium

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Acremonium

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Scopulariopsis

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Mold

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Is it a yeast, mold, or dimorphic: Penicillum

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Mold

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33
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How are molds sub divided?

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Zygomycetes, dematiaceous, dermatophytes, hyaline hyphomycetes

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34
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What are zygomycetes?

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This is a phylum of fungi that have broad irregularly 90 degree/right angle branched hyphae with rare septations.

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35
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Name the hyaline hypomycetes [5]

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Aspergillus, fusarium, acremonium, scopulariopsis, pencillium

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36
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Name the dermatophyes [3]

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Microsporum, trichophyton, Epidermophyton

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Name the dematiaceous molds [6]

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Alternaria, Bipolaris, Curvularia, Exserohilum, Fonsecaea, Scedosporium

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Name the Zygomyctes [3]

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Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Mucor

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Name the thermally dimorphic molds [6]

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Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides, Paracoccidioises, Talaromyces marneffei, Sporothix

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Name the Non-Candida yeasts [6]

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Cryptococcus, geotrichum, saccharomyces, rhodotorula, trichosporon, malassezia

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Name the 6 types of candida

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Albicans, brusei, parapsilosis, glabrata, tropicalis, lusitanie

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42
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What is the most common and 2nd most common cause of BSI with yeast?

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Candida is the most common, Cryptococcus is the second most common.

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43
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How is candida differentiated from Cryptococcus microscopically?

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Candida forms pseudohyphae and is oval shaped. Cryptococcus is larger, round, has a visible capsule and NEVER forms pseudohyphae

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44
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What does malassezia require to grow?

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Oil or tween

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45
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C. albicans resistance pattern

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Susceptible to fluconazole and echinocandins.

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46
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C. tropicalis resistance pattern

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Susceptible to fluconazole and echinocandins.

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47
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C. Dubliniensis resistance pattern

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Susceptible to fluconazole and echinocandins.

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C. guilliermondii resistance pattern

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Susceptible to fluconazole and echinocandins.

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49
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C. glabrata resistance pattern

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Resistant to fluconazole. Susceptible to echinocandins but resistance is rising. 2nd most common candida infection

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C. parapsilosis resistance pattern

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Susceptible to fluconazole, increased MIC to echinocandins

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51
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C. parapsilosis causes what sort of disease?

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Central line and implantable device diseases due to biofilm formation.

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52
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C. krusei resistance pattern

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Resistant to fluzonazole, susceptible to echinocandins. May be resistant to amphotericin B and flucytosine

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53
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What types of patients get C. krusei infection?

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Those with hematologic malignancy 2/2 azole prophylaxsis

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54
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C. lusitaniae resistance pattern

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Resistant to amphotericin B but susceptible to fluzonazole and echinocandins.

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55
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C. auris resistance pattern

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Resistant to fluconazole, ampho B, echinocandins

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56
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What is C. auris often mislabeled as?

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Saccharomyces or C. haemulonii

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57
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Can candida cause pneumonia?

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It is very uncommon and needs a biopsy for confirmation.

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58
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Micro shows yeast with pseudohyphae with clusters of blastoconidia at the septa. Diagnosis?

A

Candida

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59
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What infections does cryptococcus cause?

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Meningitis, pneumonia, skin infections, sepsis

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60
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Micro shows round budding yeast with no hyphae. Diagnosis.

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Cryptococcus

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61
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Who is at risk for cryptococcus infections?

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HIV with CD4 <100, transplant recipients, those on steroids, those with malignancy and liver disease

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62
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What infections doe Geotrichum cause?

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BSI, pneumonia

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Micro shows arthroconidia that are in chains. Rectangle or barrel shaped. True hyphae are seen. Diagnosis?

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Geotrichum

64
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Risk factors for Geotrichum?

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Neutropenia, heart valve surgery in immunocompromised host.

65
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What infections does rhodotorula cause?

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BSI, and CLABSI.

66
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Micro shows unicellular blastoconidia, globose to elongated in shape. No hypae or pseudohypae. Growth is orange, red, or coral colored. Diagnosis?

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Rhodotorula

67
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What is rhodotorula associated with?

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Central lines in immunocompromised

68
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How does saccharomyces cause infection?

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Associated with probiotic use. BSI. Rare infection.

69
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Micro shows unicellular globuse and ellipsoid to elongated blastoconida with multipolar budding. Diagnosis?

A

Saccharomyces.

70
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Micro shows round to oval nonbudding with comma-shaped focal thickening on the wall. Diagnosis?

A

Pneumocystis jirovecii

71
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Micro shows small oval budding yeast at 37 degrees celsius and septate hyphae with round/pear shaped microconidia and large tuberculate macroconidia at 25-30 degrees celsius. Diagnosis?

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Histoplasmosis.

72
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Micro shows broad-based budding yeast at 37 degrees celsius and septate branched hyphae with intercalary or terminal chlamydospores at 25-30 degrees celsius. Diagnosis?

A

Blastomycosis

73
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Micro shows round thic-walled spherules containing endospores at 37 degrees celsius and septate branched hyphae with thick-walled arthroconidia at 25-30 degrees celsius. Diagnosis?

A

Coccidioides

74
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Micro shows large round thick-walled yeast with ship’s-wheel appearance budding at 37 degrees celsius and septate branched hyphae with intercalary or terminal chlamydospores at 25-30 degrees celsius. Diagnosis?

A

Paracoccidioides

75
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Where is paracoccidioides endemic?

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South America

76
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What type of infection does talaromyces marneffei cause?

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Skin, CNS, bone infections

77
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Micro shows small oval non-budding yeast at 37 degrees celsius with smooth conidiophores with 4-5 terminal metulae. each metulae bearing 4-6 phialides at 25-30 degrees celsius.

A

talaromyces marneffei

78
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Where is talaromyces marneffei endemic?

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Southwest and Southern China and Southeast Asia

79
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What fungus has a biopsy that resembles squamous cell cancer?

A

Blastomyces

80
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What causes rose handler’s disease?

A

Sporothrix

81
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Micro shows small fusiform budding yeast at 37 degrees celsius and narrow septate hyphae with tapering conidiophores at right angles at 25-30 degrees. Diagnosis?

A

Sporothrix

82
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Micro shows thick-walled budding yeast at 37 degrees ant septate hyphae with round conidiophores at right angle at 25-30 degrees. Diagnosis?

83
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What disease does emmonsia cause?

A

Pneumonia and skin infection

84
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Who gets emmonsia?

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Those with CD4 <100, this with malignancy, transplant patients. Those in South Africa

85
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Micro shows branched sporangiophores with no rhizoid structure. Diagnosis?

86
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Micro shows nonbranching sporeangiophore originatinf from hyphae with rhizoid structure directly below the sporangiophore. Diagnosis?

87
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Micro shows brnaching sporangiophore with rhizoid structure away from the origin of sporangiophore. Diagnosis?

A

Rhizomucor

88
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Who are at high risk for mucor? [5]

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Uncontrolled DM, hematoligic malignancy, transplant, iron over-loard, or those on iron chelation.

89
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What is the treatment for mucor?

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Ampho B for severe infections. Psoaconazole or isavuconazole for step-down after induction or for mild/moderate infection.

90
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Do dimorphic fungi ever represent contaminates?

91
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Do hyaline hyphomycetes ever represent contaminants?

A

Yes! Get lab confirmation.

92
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Micro shows septate hyphae with conidiophore ending in phialides radiating around vesicle. Diagnosis?

A

Aspergillus

93
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Micro shows septate hyphae with canoe-shaped macroconidia. Diagnosis?

94
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Which fungus is able to sporulate inside the body and disseminate through the blood and yield positive blood cultures?

95
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How does fusarium present?

A

Seen during engraftment phase post stem cell transplant with skin lesions and fevers. Often starts with cellulitis surrounding toenails.

96
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Fusarium treatment?

A

Ampho B and vorizonazole prior to species level identification.

97
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Aspergillus treatment?

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Voriconazole.

98
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General treatment methods for hyphomycete infections?

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Ampho B for severe, voriconazole/isavuconazole for mild/moderate.

99
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In general what is treatment for dematiaceous molds

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Surgical debridement, ampho B or voriconazole

100
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How are dematiaceous molds differentiared in tissue from hyaline hyphomyctes?

A

Fontana-Mason stain [stains the melanin in dematiaceous molds]

101
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What fungi might grow in a patient on amphotericin? [8]

A

C. lusitaniae, C. auris, fusarium, aspergillus terreus, Scedosporium apiospermum, Lomentospora prolificans, Sporothrix schenckii, Pseudallesdheria boydii

102
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Utility of blood culture with yeasts?

A

Most yeast grow well in blood cultures.

103
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Utility of blood culture with dimorphic fungi?

A

Can be positive in severe disseminated disease but this is a slow and insensitive method.

104
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Micro shows dark septate hyphae with alternating septated conidia. Diagnosis?

A

Alternaria

105
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Who gets alternaria?

A

Those with hematologic malignancy HSCT, and neutropenia.

106
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Micro shows dark septate hyphae with elongated septate conidia that taper at both poles. Diagnosis?

A

Bipolaris [tapers at both poles…bipolar]

107
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Who gets bipolaris infection

A

Those with hematologic malignancy, HSCT, neutropenia.

108
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Micro shows dark sepatate hyphae, septate curved conidia. Diagnosis?

A

Curvularia

109
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Who gets culvularia?

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Those with hematologic malignancy, HSCT, neutropenia.

110
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Micro shows septate hyphae with swollen elongated conidia. Diagnosis?

A

Scedosporium/Lomentospora

111
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Who gets Scedosporium/Lomentospora?

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Immunocompromised patients.

112
Q

Micro shows dark budding yeast like cells that eventually produce spetate hyphae and flask-shaped conidiogenous cells. Diagnosis?

A

Exserohilum

113
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What fungus is associated with outbreaks during natural disasters?

A

Exserohilum

114
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What fungus was associated with contaminated steroid injections?

A

Exserohilum

115
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What type of agar do most fungi grow on?

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Emmons modification of sabourauds dextrose agar or potato dextrose agar

116
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What temp should fungi be incubated at?

A

25 degrees celsius to assist in identification of dimorphic molds

117
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How long will it take for fungal cultures to become positive?

A

4 weeks for many, 3 days for candida.

118
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What is a lactophenol cotton blue stain?

A

Identifies fungal structures from colonies on cultures [NOT tissue stains]. Lactic acid is a clearing agent and preserves fungal structures. Cotton blue stains.

119
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What is a calcofluor white stain?

A

Binds to cellulose and chitin and fluoresces when exposed to long wave UV light.

120
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How is pneumocystis usually idenitifed?

A

Direct fluorescent antibody stain.

121
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What is a giemsa stain used for?

A

Typically to detect intracellular organisms such as malaria, chlamydia. Also detects yersinia. In mycology it detects intracellular histoplasma in bone marrow or blood smears

122
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How does a gomori methamine silver stain work?

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Mucopolysaccharide components of the fungal cell wall react with silver nitrate reducing it to metalic silver rendering a brown-black compound. Fungi look black on a green back round.

123
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How does a periodic acid-schiff stain work in fungi?

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Periodic acid attacks carbohydrates containing 1,2-glycol or OH group with conversion to 1,2-aldehydes which then react with the fuchsin-sulfurous acid to form a magenta color.

124
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Utility of PAS stain?

A

Pan stain similar to GMS

125
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What is a mucicarmine stain used for?

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Histologic visualization of mucopolysaccharides in the capsule of cryptococcus neoformans/gattii. Differentiates cryptococcus from other yeasts in tissues. Can also stain Rhinosporidium and Blastomyces dermatitiddis

126
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How does a fontana-masson silver stain work?

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Oxidizes melanin and melanin-like pigments as it reduces silver giving a visible black color.

127
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What is a fontana-masson stain used for?

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Differentiates fungi that produce melanin and dematiaceous molds from those who do not. It will also be positive with capsule-deficient [and therefore mucicarmine negative] cryptococci.

128
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What is T2Candida assay?

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Uses Magnetic resonance to detect candida. It is 91% sensitive and 99% specific.

129
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What candida can T2 detect? [5]

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Albicans, tropicalis, parapsilosis, krusei, glabrata.

130
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What is 1,3 beta-D-Glucan?

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Cell wall component of many fungi. Typically used as a candida marker.

131
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What will make beta-d-glucan positive?

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IVIG, IV penicillin, pneumocysitis, histoplasma

132
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What fungi is beta-d-glucan NEGATIVE?

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cryptococcosis, zygomycetes

133
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What is galactomannan?

A

It is a polysaccharide constituent of Apergillus cell walls?

134
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What can make galactomannan false positive?

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Fusarium, penicillium, histoplasma, zosyn, augmentin used to be positive if made before 2010. [May be positive up to 5 days after stoping abx.]

135
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What can make galactomannan false negative?

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Antifungal use.

136
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What can make cryptococcal antigen false positive?

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Rarely Trichosporon asahii, Rothia, Capnocytophaga.

137
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What is the utility of the quantitative histoplasmosis assay?

A

Helps ascertain severity of the infection and monitors for antigen clearance.

138
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On what is histoplasmosis antigen performed?

A

Blood, urine [most common], CSF

139
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What are the sensitivities of histoplasmosis antigen?

A

90% positive in BAL, 75% in CSF

140
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What can lead to a false positive histoplasmosis antigen?

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Blastomycosis [so high that often the histoplasmosis urine antigen is used to diagnosis blastomycosis], talaromycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, coccidioidomycosis

141
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What can cause false negative histoplasmosis antigen?

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Localized disease [only pulm], immunosuppression

142
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What can cause false negative histoplasmosis antigen?

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Localized disease [only pulm], immunosuppression

143
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How do histoplasma antibodies work?

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Uses immunodiffusion to report M or H precipitin bands. M band becomes positive soon after exposure and is positive in most patients. H band is seen in <20% of cases but is specific for disseminated infection, chronic cavitary pulmonary histo, or severe acute pulmonary histo.

144
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Does H band clear? M band?

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Yes, 6 months after infection. M band persists for years.

145
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What does the presence of M band alone indicate?

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Early or chronic disease.

146
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What titer is sensitive for acute infection with M and H bands?

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1:32 or higher.

147
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What can cause a false positive histoplasmosis antibody?

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Coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, some granulomatous disease such as sarcoid and TB.

148
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What can cause false negative histoplasmosis antibody?

A

Immunosuppression.

149
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What can cause cross reactivity with blastomyces antibodies?

A

Histoplasma capsulatum exposure. NOT A GOOD TEST AND IS RARELY USED.

150
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How long does it take for coccidoides IgM and IgG to show up in the serum? How long does it take for it to go back down?

A

IgM: 1 week; persists 2-3 months
IgG: 3-6 weeks; persists 2 years

151
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What coccidio complement fixation antibody titer is suggestive of dissemination?

152
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What is the utility of CF antibody titer for coccidio?

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It has prognostic, diagnostic, and response to therapy.

153
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What is the utility of CSF coccidio antibodies?

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It is highly specific for meningitis

154
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What is the utility of a coccidio antigen?

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Useful in immunocompromised moreso in the setting of negative serologies and can serve as a surogate marker of fungal burden in severe disease and be used to monitor response to therapy.

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