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1
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no inhalational hazard

A

yeasts

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2
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yeasts

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c. albicans

cryptococcus

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3
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penicillium marneffi

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only invasive penicillium

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4
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aspergilloma

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occurs in immunocompetent (and compromised) people -forms a fungal ball in pre-existing pulmonary cavity)

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5
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Usually infects by inhalation, but also by dog bites and wood slivers

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blastomyces dermatitidis

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6
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common flora yeast

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C. albicans

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7
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45 degree angle hyphae splits, then parallel

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aspergillus

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8
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fungus that can disseminate into the RES

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histoplasmosis

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9
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begins in nasal cavity due to nasogastric tubes in immunocompromised patients. rapidly spreading, poor prognosis.

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Mucormycosis

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10
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Cryptococcomata

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Intracerebral mass lesions

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11
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Liver cancer

A

aflatoxin from a. flavus

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12
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ascospores

A

sexually formed spores

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13
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Mucormycosis

A

caused by mucorales species (wide hyphae, no septa)

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14
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satellite lesions with a silvery sheen

A

C. albicans

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15
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sporangea

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the head of a mold

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16
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transmitted by inhalation of airborne spores from soils

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dimorphic fungi

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17
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Forms mycelium (structurally)

A

hyphae

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18
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Green mold on bread

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Penicillium

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19
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athough asymptomatic, can cause scarring of the lungs which looks like tuberculosis.

A

histoplasmosis

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20
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where does tinea pedis begin?

A

between the pinky and ring toe

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21
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What is larger, yeast or bacteria?

A

Yeast (10x)

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22
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Immunocompromised - contracts the aspergillus hyaline mold, what happens?

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Mortality > 50%

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23
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Dermatophytes

A

trichophyton species

microsporum species

epidermophyton floccosum

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24
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Acquired through aerosolized bird droppings from gregarious birds

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Cryptococcus

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25
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Aspergillus types

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A. flavus

A. fumigatus

A. niger

A. terrous

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26
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Brown pigmented molds with septa

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dematacious (earthy)

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27
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ship’s wheel lesion

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paracoccidoides brasiliensis - disseminating to the nose

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28
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Aflatoxin

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A. flavus infects peanuts and immunocompromised people

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29
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Otomycosis

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Aspergillus niger

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30
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What are most medical molds classified as

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hyaline

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31
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Immunocompetent - contracts aspergillus, what happens?

A

chronic sinusitis and aspergilloma

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32
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anamorphic

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asexual stage name

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33
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medusa head appearance

A

a. flavus

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34
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what poses the inhalational hazard of a mold?

A

stolons

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35
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What is ringworm?

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Tinea corpus - dermatophyte of the body and not actually caused by a worm

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36
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How you get athlete’s foot (tinea pedis)

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Walking barefoot and subsequently putting on a shoe

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37
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fungi imperfecti

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only asexual stage present

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38
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releases spores

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the mycelium

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39
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No need to protect yourself from _____ in a lab

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Dermatophytes

40
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Line of lymph nodes

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sporotrichosis

41
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3 Bs

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blasto, broad-based buds

42
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smoky green/gray fuzzy colonies

A

aspergillus

43
Q

Kentucky fungus

A

histoplasma

44
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grows on a monolayer like a bacteria

45
Q

Systemic mycoses

A

dimorphic fungi

46
Q

most common mycosis in Central and South america

A

paracoccidoides brasiliensis

47
Q

India Ink Prep

A

Can be used to see capsulized cryptococcus

49
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Most common medical, hyaline mold

A

aspergillus

50
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Rhizopus, absidia, mucor

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Mucorales species causing mucormycosis

51
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Unpigmented hyphae with septa

A

hyaline molds

52
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what is a sporangium associated with in a mold?

A

asexual reproduction - colourless when immature, black when ripe

53
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the only intracellular fungus

A

histoplasmosis

54
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infects macrophages

A

histoplasmosis

55
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Chronic meningitis in AIDS patients

A

Cryptococcus (disseminated)

56
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What inhibits the growth of tinea pedis?

57
Q

double-walled wide based budding forms

A

blastomyces dermatitidis

58
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Wet and weepy mycelial mass on the head

59
Q

Colonies appear moist at beginning, but end up looking like spider webs

A

coccidoides immitis

60
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telomorphic

A

sexual stage name

61
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rhizoids below sporangiophore

62
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colourless when immature, black when ripe

A

sporangium

63
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transmitted by soil with bat droppings

A

histoplasmosis

64
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Is a mushroom a type of mold? Is a dermatophyte a type of mold?

A

Yes and yes

65
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the most dangerous and infectious of all fungi

A

coccidoites immitis

66
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C. albicans of the throat

67
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dimorphic fungi

A

histoplasmosis

blastomyces dermatitidis

68
Q

Antler like cigar shaped

A

epidermophyton flocossum

69
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Fonsecaea pedrosoi

A

Dematacious mold causing chromoblastomycosis

70
Q

Mold associated with a very poor prognosis if immunocompromised

71
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Rhizoids

A

roots of a mold

73
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sporotrichosis

A

chronic lymphatic and skin infection - sporothrix schenckii

74
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Endogenous yeast

A

Cryptococcans

75
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Glass-like

76
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barrel shaped arthroconidia in the hyphae

A

coccidoides immitis

77
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stolons

A

aerosolized hyphae with spores - can pose an inhalational hazard with mold

78
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Chromoblastomycosis

A

dematacious mold - fonsecaea pedrosoi

79
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Red, cigar shaped

A

trichophyton (dermatophyte)

80
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no rhizoids

81
Q

cutting the lawn

A

aspergillus

82
Q

Pointy, cigar shaped

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Microsporum (dermatophyte)

83
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Aseptic, wide hyphae is characteristic of…

84
Q

Rose thorns

A

sporothrix schenkii

85
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athlete’s foot

A

dermatophyte tinea pedis

86
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conidia

A

asexually formed spore

87
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female sex hormones inhibit it

A

paracoccidoides brasiliensis

88
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most common yeast

A

C. albican

89
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C. albicans - exogenous or endogenous

90
Q

Hyaline molds

A

aspergillus

penicillium

dermatophytes

91
Q

Requires silver stain for imaging

A

aspergillus

92
Q

San Joaquin valley fever from desert winds

A

coccidoides immities

93
Q

exporulate by a fairy ring

A

homobisidiomycetes

94
Q

dandelion lollipop

95
Q

allergic pulmonary aspergillosis

A

Aspergillus fumigatus

96
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forms a fungal ball in lung cavities

A

aspergilla (called an aspergilloma)

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