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
NAME THAT BUG
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
NAME THAT BUG
Diarrhea in AIDS
Acid fast stain
Cryptosporidium
Cowboy crystal collector
NAME THAT BUG
African sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei
Sleeping Beauty
NAME THAT BUG
Fresh water, rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
Naegleria Fowleri
Niagara Falls Barrells
NAME THAT BUG
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
NAME THAT BUG
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
NAME THAT BUG
Comes from a rose thorn
Sporothrix schenckii
ROSE GARDENER
NAME THAT BUG
Dimorphic; forms pseudohyphae and budding yeasts at 20°C A , germ tubes at 37°C
Candida albicans
CANADIAN SNOWY PLAYGROUND
NAME THAT BUG
Septate hyphae that branch at 45° Acute Angle
ABPA
acs w/ hepatocellular carcinoma.
Aspergillus fumigatus
Fumigating asparagus farm