Emerging Fungal Infections — Flashcards

_____ is commonly found growing on heroin.IV injection of the drug can therefore lead to candidal endocarditis

Hint: which fungus

_____ and Saccharomyces are classified as yeasts

_____ can be used for the rapid identification of Candida species.

_____ test is used to detect the polysaccharide capsular antigen present in Cryptococci

_____ contain keratinase, allowing them to subsist off keratin, a protein resistant to most organisms.

Hint: which cutaneous fungi

_____ assay is used for the diagnosis of invasive (deep-seated) mycoses, pulmonary or disseminated forms, caused by Aspergillus spp.

Burkholderia cepacia is resistant to _____ gen. cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, polymyxin and carboxypenicillins

Microsporum audouinii, M.canis, M.equinnum, and M.ferrugineum cause _____thrix infection.