Mycology — Flashcards

After inhalation of _____, the fungi have a predilectation to proliferate in blood vessel walls, especially where there is excess glucose and ketone bodies

_____ is found in the Southwestern United States

Hint: what fungus

Once inside the body, _____ in the yeast form replicates via broad based budding

Hint: what fungus

_____, Dermatophytes and Aspergillus are classified as Molds/filamentous fungi

_____ is the most common cause of fungal meningitis

Transmission of Blastomycosis occurs via _____ of aerosol-ized spores

_____ of Tinea lesions due to dermatophytes are seen with KOH prep of skin scrapings

Classification of fungi based on spore formation:Glomeromycota reproduce by _____ spores called as sporangiospores

Hint: sexual/asexual

Pneumocystis jirovecii, formerly Pneumocystis carinii, is an opportunistic fungi that appears as _____ containing dark oval bodies on microscopy.

_____ is mold in the soil and spherules of endospores in the body, which can rupture and spread throughout the lungs and rest of the body

Hint: which fungus