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Mycology and Parasitology Flashcards

1
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“fungus ball”

septate branching hyphae

fruiting bodies

hypersensitivity

pneumonitis (allergic alveolitits)

angioinvasive malt (grain) workers

A

Aspergillus

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black nodules along hair shaft

ascospores

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Black piedra

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sleeve or collar around the hair shaft

found on mustache, beard and scalp

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white piedra

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4
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Mississippi River Valley

broad-based budding yeast (cauliflower lesion)

healthy and immunocompromised

granuloma

A

Blastomyces dermatitidis

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5
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white, curdlike, adhesive plaques that bleed when removed for culture

“Cobblestones”

prolonged use of antibiotics

immunocompromised: AIDS, diabetics, transplant, chemotherapy, babies

vaginal yeast

thrush

A

Candida albicans

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6
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Dematiaceous (brown or black, melanin-producing) sclerotic bodies, skin disease

Cauliflower-like verrucous (warty) nodules

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Chromoblastosis

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7
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Dematiaceous fungus

Many draining sinus tracts

“Grains” of microcolonies in the deep layer of skin

Localized infection

A

Eumycotic mycetoma

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8
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San Joaquin River Valley

American deserts

Spherules Skin test for antigen exposure

red, tender nodules

inhaled stage: arthrocoridia

A

Coccidioides immitis

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9
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Pigeon droppings

Capsule

Indian ink preparations

Capsular antigens

AIDS patients

Meningitis “The crypt of Cryptococcus is the capsule that houses the round (coccus) yeast”

A

Cryptococcus neoformans

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Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys

Lung and spleen granulomas

Yeasts inside macrophages

Bird and bat droppings

“Cincinnati spleen”

A

Histoplasma capsulatum

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Raw fish

Tapeworm

Vitamin B12 deficiency

A

Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)

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Pneumocystis

Diffuse interstitial pneumonia

Gomori silver stain

AIDS patient/IV drug user

Fluffy, foamy alveolar exudate

Cup-shaped (flying saucer)

Ground glass appearance in x-ray

Organisms in lavage lung

A

Pneumocystis jiroveci (carnii)

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13
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hypopigmented/hyperpigmented patches

“spaghetti and meatballs”

KOH preparation

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Pityriasis versicolor

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14
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Acidotic diabetic

Paranasal sinus and ocular orbit involvement

Coenocytic (aseptate) hyphae

Black nasal discharge

Bread mold

A

Rhizopus and Mucor

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15
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Roses

Thorn prick

Splinter

Gardener

A

Sporothrix schenckii

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Keratin

Circular, scaling lesion with central clearing and hair loss

Discoloring Crumbling nails

Azoles

A

Tineas

17
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Snails

Injection

Fluke Mansoni (spine on egg)

A

Schistosoma

18
Q

Undercooked pig

Tapeworm

Cysticercosis

A

Taenia solium

19
Q

Dog

Hydatid cyst

Tapeworm

A

Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm)

20
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Malaria

Paroxysms of fever and chills

cerebral malaria

Ring form

Cyclic disease

Anopheles mosquito

A

Plasmodium

21
Q

(troph) contaminated creek water

Foul-smelling diarrhea

A

Giardia

22
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Immune suppression

Water supply

A

Cryptosporidium

23
Q

Ameobic dysentery

Cyst with 1-4 nucleis

Tx: Metronidazole

A

Entamoeba histolytica

24
Q

STD

Handing drop test for motility

Flagella

A

Trichomonas

25
Q

Cats

TORCH

Mononucleosis-like syndrome

A

Toxoplasma

26
Q

Sandflies

Blackening of the skin

Trip to Asia or South America

A

Leishmania

27
Q

Tsetse fly

Sleeping sickness

Trip to Asia or South America

A

Trypanosomes

28
Q

Pinworm

Scotch tape test

Anal itching

A

Enterobius vermicularis

29
Q

Roundworm

Pearl-white worm

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Ascaris lumbricoides

30
Q

Hunter

Meat

Pig

splinter

hemorrhages

Eosinophilia

A

Trichinella spiralis

31
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Hookworm

Pneumonitis

Anemia

A

Necator americanus

32
Q

Threadworm

Pneumonitis

Dermatitis

autoinfection

eggs must embryonate first

A

Strongyloides stercoralis

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