Sketchy Fungi and Parasite Flashcards
What is a nematode
Round worm
What is a crestode
Tapeworm
What is a trematode
Fluke
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Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
Gas Station motor cycle trip
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Malaria
Plasmodium
P vivax/ovale
P falciparum
P malariae
African Warlords
NAME THAT BUG
Amebiasis—bloody diarrhea, liver abscess, flask shaped ulcer
Entamoeba Histolytica
Inner city archaeologist dig site
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Diarrhea in AIDS
Acid fast stain
Cryptosporidium
Cowboy crystal collector
NAME THAT BUG
African sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei
Sleeping Beauty
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Fresh water, rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
Naegleria Fowleri
Niagara Falls Barrells
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systemic fungi
Mississippi and Ohio River valleys.
small in macs
Histoplasmosis
Bat cave explorer
NAME THAT BUG
systemic fungi
Southwestern United States, California. Causes
pneumonia and meningitis; can disseminate
to skin and bone
Coccidiodomycosis
South Westsern alamo town
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systemic fungi Eastern US and Central America. inflammatory lung disease can disseminate to skin and bone. Formsgranulomatous nodules.
Blastomycosis
Confederate battle
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Systemic fungi
Latin America.
Budding yeast with “captain’s wheel” formation
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Pirate captain with butterfly tattoo
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Fungi
Degradation of lipids produces acids that damage melanocytes and cause
hypopigmented or pink patches.
Malassezia Furfur / Pityriasis Versicolor
Spaghetti Chef
(not a dermatophyte despite
being called tinea versicolor)
NAME THAT BUG
Fungi
Skin infections
Includes cradle cap, jock itch, and athlete’s foot
Tinea= dermatophyte
Dermatophytes include Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton.
TIN MAN IN WONDERLAND
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Comes from a rose thorn
Sporothrix schenckii
ROSE GARDENER
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Dimorphic; forms pseudohyphae and budding yeasts at 20°C A , germ tubes at 37°C
Candida albicans
CANADIAN SNOWY PLAYGROUND
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Septate hyphae that branch at 45° Acute Angle
ABPA
acs w/ hepatocellular carcinoma.
Aspergillus fumigatus
Fumigating asparagus farm
NAME THAT BUG
Heavily encapsulated yeast. Not dimorphic.
Seen with India Ink
Cryptococcus neoformans
Crypt Keeper cleaning tut
What are the opportunistic fungal infections
Candida Asprilgillus fumigatus Cryptosporidum neoformis Mucormycosis PCP
Mucormycosis picture
Auto repair shop
Cyptococcus neoformis picture
Egyptian crypt
Asprigilus fumigatas picture
Asparigus farm being fumigated
Candida albicans picture
Snowy canada
