MYCOVIRO - CH 60 of book part 3 Flashcards

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  • colony: fluffy to granular, white to blue-green
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A. fumigatus

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  • septate hyphae, short or long conidiophores with “foot cell” (T or L shaped) at the base
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A. fumigatus

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  • thermotolerant (can withstand up to 45C)
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A. fumigatus

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ASPERGILLUS SPP.

- identified by the (2)

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morphology or conidial heads

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  • conidiophore is coarsely roughened near the vesicle
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A. flavus

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6
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  • colony: yellow-green
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A. flavus

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  • globose vesicles producing phialides directly from surface (uniserate) or from metulae, a primary row of cells (biserate)
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A. flavus

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  • yellow-orange, elliptical or spherical conidia
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A. flavus

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9
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  • darkly pigmented, roughened spores (macroscopically)
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A. niger

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10
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  • hyaline and septate hyphae (microscopically)
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A. niger

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  • colony: begins as yellow then develops black dotted surface as conidia is produced
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A. niger

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12
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  • reverse side (Aspergillus spp): buff or cream
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A. niger

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13
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  • long conidiophores
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A. niger

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14
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  • colony: tan, resembling cinnamon
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A. terreus

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15
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  • hemispherical vesicles, phialides covers the entire surface
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A. terreus

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16
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  • aleurioconidia: larger cells found on submerged hyphae
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A. terreus

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17
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  • globose to elliptical conidia in chains
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A. terreus

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18
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  • colony: fluffy to cottony, may be pink, purple, yellow, green (depending on species)
  • hyphae are small and septate
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FUSARIUM SPP.

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19
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  • most common medium to induced sporulation of Fusarium
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cornmeal agar:

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20
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for identification of Fusarium

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potato dextrose agar

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21
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  • colony: white to cream, yeastlike

- hyphae are septate with rectangular to cylindrical to barrel-shaped arthroconidia

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GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM

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22
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  • initial colony: yeastlike
  • mature colony: white to gray to rose or reddish-orange
  • small septate hyphae, ellipitical, single-celled conidia
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ACREMONIUM SPP.

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23
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  • colony: green or blue-green, velvety to powdery because of conidia
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PENICILLIUM SPP.

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  • hyphae are hyaline and septate, produce brushlike conidiophore
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PENICILLIUM SPP.

25
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  • blunted phialides producing small oval conidia
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PENICILLIUM SPP.

26
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colony: velvety, tan to olive brown, somewhat powdery

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PAECILOMYCES SPP.

27
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lavender to pink colonies

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P . lilacinus:

28
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long, delicate, tapering phialides

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PAECILOMYCES SPP.

29
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  • colony: initially appear white but becomes light brown and powdery
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SCOPULARIOPSIS SPP.

30
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  • microscopically resembles a large Penicillium organism
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SCOPULARIOPSIS SPP.

31
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  • hyaline and septate species of Scopulariopsis (2, both starts with b)
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S. brevicaulis, S. brumptii

32
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most systemic mycoses are mono- or dimorphic?

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dimorphic

33
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systemic mycoses often start at what locus?

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pulmonary locus

34
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systemic mycoses Acquired via

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inhalation of infectious conidia

35
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Blastomyces dermatitidis: blastomycosis
mixture of suppurative and granulomatous infection o
o

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Blastomyces dermatitidis: blastomycosis

36
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commonly found in North America

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Blastomyces dermatitidis: blastomycosis

37
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more common in men than women

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Blastomyces dermatitidis: blastomycosis

38
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San Juaquin Valley Fever / Dessert Rheumatism

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Coccidioides immitis: coccidioidomycosis (asymptomatic and self-limited)

39
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dissemination in Filipinos and African Americans

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Coccidioides immitis: coccidioidomycosis (asymptomatic and self-limited)

40
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asymptomatic and self-limiting systemic diseases (2)

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B. dermatitidis

H. capsulatum

41
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chronic, granulomatous infection, begins in lungs and invades the reticuloendothelial system

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Histoplasma capsulatum: histoplasmosis

42
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Cave disease, spelunker’s disease

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Histoplasma capsulatum: histoplasmosis

43
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found in soil rich in bird or bat guano

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Histoplasma capsulatum: histoplasmosis

44
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chronic, granulomatous infection (2)

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H. capsulatum

P. brasiliensis

45
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produces ulcerative lesions of the mucuous membrane (nasal and oral mucosa, gingivae and
conjunctivae)
lesions are ulcerative with serpiginous (snakelike) active border and crusted surface

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: paracoccioidomycosis

46
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South American Blastocycosis

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: paracoccioidomycosis

47
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mucosal lesions are an integral part of the disease process

maybe acquired through trauma to the oropharynx

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: paracoccioidomycosis

48
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focal cutaneous and mucocutaneous infection granulomatous, suppurative and necrotizing

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Penicillium marneffei

49
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associated with (Vietnamese) bamboo rat

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Penicillium marneffei

50
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endemic in Southeast Asia

opportunistic

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Penicillium marneffei

51
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chronic subcutaneous infection

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Sporothrix schenckii: sporothricosis

52
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“rose gardener’s disease”

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Sporothrix schenckii: sporothricosis

53
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type of sporotrichosis acquired through inhalation of spores

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Pulmonary sporotrichosis

54
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acquired through trauma to the hand, arm or leg

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Sporothrix schenckii: sporothricosis

55
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only rarely disemminated

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Sporothrix schenckii: sporothricosis

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begins as small, nonhealing ulcer on the index finger –> develops nodular lesions of skin –>
involvement of lymphatic channels and lymph nodes

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Sporothrix schenckii: sporothricosis