RSL - Micro (fungi) Flashcards
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Systemic mycosis: Features
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Dimorphic (except coccidiodies which is spherule in tissue) Cause pneumonia and can disseminate Treat local: fluconazole Treat systemic: AMphotericin B Granuloma formation no P2p transfer
2
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Sytemic mycosis:
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Histoplasma, Blastomycosis, Coccidiodes, Paracoccidioides
3
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Midwest America
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Histoplasmosis
4
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East America
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Blastomycosis
5
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West America
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Coccidiodes
6
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Histoplasmosis
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Bat/bird droppings, intramacrophage
7
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Blastomycosis histo
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Broad based budding
8
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Coccidiodes histo
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Spherule filled with endospores
9
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Paracoccidioides histo
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Captains wheel
10
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Aspergillus histo
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45 degree budding, non-dimorphic (mold only; hyphae)
11
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Cryptoccus histo
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Narrow based unequal budding, no hyphae, (yeast only)
12
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Methenamine silver sain, ground glass opacities on CXR
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Pneumocystis jirovecii
13
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Nodules along draining lymphatics
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Sporothrix schenkii
