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Mycology/Parasitology Flashcards

1
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What bug causes Tinea versicolor?

A

Malassezia furfur

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2
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What does M. furfur produce? What is damaged?

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acids that damage melanocytes

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3
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What is the appearance of M. furfur?

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spaghetti and meatballs

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4
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Which fungi can cause endocarditis in IV drug users?

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Candida

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5
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What is the most specific test for H. capsulatum? What does this detect?

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latex agglutination

polysaccharide capsule

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6
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Which two groups of people can mucor and rhizopus be found?

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diabetics and leukemic

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7
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What do mucor and rhizopus penetrate?

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Cribriform plate

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8
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Does aspergillus have septate?

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yes

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9
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Do mucor and rhizopus have septate?

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no

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10
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What is the treatment for mucor and rhizopus?

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amphotericin B

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11
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What type of silver stain can be used for Pneumocystis?

A

Methamine silver

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12
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Two drugs for pneumocystis?

A

TMP/SMX

Pentamadine

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13
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How many nuclei are in E. histolytica?

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up to four

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14
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Drug for C. parvum?

A

Nitazoxanide

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15
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Two drugs for toxo?

A

Sulfadiazine

pyrimethamine

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16
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Which bug carries African Sleeping Sickness?

A

Tsetse fly

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17
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Two drugs for T. brucei?

A

Suramin and melosoprol

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18
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When is suramin used for T. brucei?

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blood borne

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19
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When is melosoprol used for T. bruce?

A

enters CNS

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20
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What is pork tapeworm?

A

Taenia solium

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21
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What is beef tapeworm?

A

Taenia saginata

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22
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What is dog tapeworm?

A

Echinococcus granulosum

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23
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What is fish tapeworm?

A

Diphyllobothrium latum

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24
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What is the lung fluke?

A

Paragmonius westermani

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25
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Which species causes cerebral malaria?

A

falciparum

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26
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Anti-malarial drug therapy begins with what drug?

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Chloroquine

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27
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What is the MOA of chloroquine?

A

blocks heme polymerase

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28
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Two drugs for chloroquine malaria?

A

mefloquine

atovoquone/proguanil

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29
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Drug for life threatening malaria?

A

quinidine

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30
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Check for what before administering quinidine?

A

G6PDase Deficiency

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31
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Ixodes tick transmits which two diseases?

A

Babesia

B. burgdoferi

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32
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Two drugs for babesia?

A

Atovaquone and azithromycin

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33
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What organism causes Chagas Disease?

A

T. cruzi

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34
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Which insect transmits Chagas?

A

Reduviid

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35
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Which two drugs for Chagas?

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Benznidazole or Nifurtimox

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36
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What are the three drugs for Leishmania dononavi?

A

Spiking fevers

hepatosplenomegaly

pancytopenia

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37
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Two drugs for Leishmania dononavi?

A

Ampho B

sodium stibogluconate

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38
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Two drugs for E. vermicularis?

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Bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate

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39
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Diethylcarbamazine treats which two bugs?

A

Loa Loa

W. bancrofti

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40
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W. bancrofti causes which disease?

A

elephantiasis

41
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Which bug causes river blindness?

A

Onchocerca volvulus

42
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Drug for river blindness?

A

Ivermectin

43
Q

Which three nematodes are ingested?

A

Enterobius

Ascaris

Toxocara

44
Q

What organism causes visceral larval migrans?

A

Toxocara canis

45
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Which three nematodes gain access through cutaneous routes?

A

Strongyloides

Ancyclostoma

Necator

46
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Which three nematodes gain access through a bite?

A

Loa Loa

Onchocerca volvulus

W. bancrofti

47
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What are the three tapeworms?

A

T. solium

D. latum

E. granulosus

48
Q

Drug for T. solium?

A

Praziquantel

49
Q

Drug for neurocysticrcosis?

A

Albendazole

50
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Drug for D. latum?

A

Praziquantel

51
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Drug for E. granulosus?

A

Albendazole

52
Q

Drug for flukes?

A

praziquantel

53
Q

What are the two flukes?

A

schistosoma and clonorchis

54
Q

What disease of C. sinesis associated with?

A

cholangiocarcinoma

55
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What two organs can Schistosoma form granulomas?

A

liver and spleen

56
Q

Which two bugs could causes a microcytic anemia?

A

Necatur

Ancyclostoma

57
Q

Which two bugs could cause portal HTN?

A

Schistosoma mansoni

Schistosoma japonicum

58
Q

Do dimorphic grow at mold in heat or cold?

A

mold = cold

59
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Do dimorphic grow as yeast in heat or cold?

A

heat = yeast

60
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Is Histoplasma smaller or larger than RBCs?

61
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What is the environmental form of Histo?

A

maro-conidia

62
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Which dimorphic yeast can cause meningitis?

63
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Is a Spherule larger than smaller than RBCs?

64
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Which dimorphic yeast can cause Erythema Nodosum?

65
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Which dimorphic yeast can cause Arthralgias?

66
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What are the two drugs for M. furfur?

A

miconazole

selenium sulfide

67
Q

What are the five dimorphic yeast?

A

Blasta

Histo

Paracoccidio

Coccidio

Sporotrix

68
Q

Which mold can form a pseudocyst?

69
Q

Barrel Shaped Arthroconidia corresponds to what yeast?

70
Q

Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis occurs in individuals with what two conditions?

71
Q

What two things may APBA cause?

A

bronchiectasis

eosinophilia

72
Q

Which mold is notorious for infecting neutropenic patients?

A

Aspergillosis

73
Q

Does C. neoformans hematogenously or lymphatically reach the brain?

A

hematogenously

74
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Which species of yeast forms ‘ribbon-like’ hyphae?

75
Q

Muciramine or methanamine for C. neoformans?

A

Muciramine

76
Q

Muciramine or methanamine for P. jirovecii?

A

methanamine

77
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What two drugs can be used ONLY for prophylaxis of P. jirovecii?

A

Dapsine and Atovaquone

78
Q

What is the ‘shape’ of S. schenkii?

A

‘cigar’

79
Q

Which species of yeast can grow from an old TB site?

A

aspergillus

80
Q

Where does Mucor proliferate?

A

blood vessel wall

81
Q

What structure of giardia is in the stool?

82
Q

Which parasite can produce bloody diarrhea?

A

E. histolytica

83
Q

Which parasite can produce a liver abscess?

A

E. histolytica

84
Q

Which parasite can have RBCs in the cytoplasm?

A

E. histolytica

85
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Which intestinal wall layer does E. histolytica invade?

86
Q

Which two substances can be used to screen for Cryptosporidium?

A

auramine or rhodamine

87
Q

What is the lung fluke called?

A

Paragmonius westermani

88
Q

What is the triad of congenital T. gondi?

A

chorioretinitis

hydrocephalus

intracranial calcifications

89
Q

What structure would be seen on biopsy of T. gondii?

A

tachyzoite

90
Q

Which three organs does F. falciparum infect?

A

Brain

Lung

Kidney

91
Q

Which nematode can mimmic peptic ulcer disease?

A

S. stercoralis

92
Q

What does O. volvulus do to the skin?

A

black skin

93
Q

Which bug causes Visceral Larval Migrans?

A

Toxocara canis

94
Q

Which three nematodes can infect a person via consumption?

A

Enterobius

Ascaris

Toxocara

95
Q

Which three nematodes can infect a person via direct contact?

A

Strongyloides

Ancyclostoma

Necatur

96
Q

Which three nematodes can infect a person via a bite?

A

Loa loa

O. volvulus

W. bancrofti

97
Q

How does paragmonius gain access to the body?

A

crustaceans

98
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Which parasite can cause Granulomatous Encephalitis?

A

Acanthomoeba

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