Mycoses

Question 1

Trichophyton

Answer 1

Tinea Pedis - Athletes foot
Tinea Unguium - Yellow nails
Tinea Cruris - Jock Itch

Question 2

Sporothrix Schenckii

Answer 2

Rose Handler’s Disease - puncture, lesion, sometimes erythema

Question 3

Histoplasma Capsulatum

Answer 3

Ohio Valley/Mississippi River, Cough, flu-like, inhalation of soil into lungs, opportunistic

Question 4

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Answer 4

South Central/South East, flu-like, gets worse, cutaneous lesions sometimes, inhaled into lungs, WBCs affected, cell wall prevents immediate destruction

Question 5

Candida

Answer 5

Yeast, painful, sore, raw, white patches, proteases and lipase damage cell membranes

Question 6

Aspergillis

Answer 6

lung infection, cough, mucous, wheeze, opportunistic, spores are inhaled,

Question 7

Pneumocystis Jiroveci

Answer 7

Opportunistic, fever, cough, weight loss, SOB, night sweats, inhaled spores attack fibrous tissue of lung, leads to hypoxia