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Dimorphic fungi Flashcard Deck - 58 Cards

Flashcard 1: Sporothrix schenckii

Answer: dipmorphic, cigar-shaped, budding yeast

Extra: "rose gardener's disease"itraconazole or potassium iodide

Flashcard 2: Dimorphic fungi exhibit a _ morphology at ambient temperature and _ morphology at body temperature.

Answer: mold

Flashcard 3: Histoplasma spp.

Answer: dimorphic

Extra: histoplasmosislocal - fluconazole or itraconazole systemic - amphotericin B bird or bat droppingsOhio River valley

Flashcard 4: Blastomycces spp.

Answer: dimorphic, broad-base budding

Extra: pneumonialocal - fluconazole or itraconazole systemic - amphotericin B East of Mississippi and Central America

Flashcard 5: Coccidiomycces spp.

Answer: dimorphic

Extra: pneumonia, meningitislocal - fluconazole or itraconazole systemic - amphotericin B Southwestern US, California, San Joaquin valley

Flashcard 6: Paracoccidiomycces spp.

Answer: dimorphic, "Captain's Wheel"

Extra: pneumonialocal - fluconazole or itraconazole systemic - amphotericin B Latin America

Flashcard 7: Candida albicans

Answer: dimorphic

Extra: systemic or superficial infection (thrush, vulvovaginitis, daiper rash, endocarditis...)local - topical azole systemic - fluconazole, amphotericin B, capsofungin

Flashcard 8: Histoplasma is _____, meaning the temperature of its surroundings determines the form of the fungus

Answer: dimorphic

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Flashcard 9: Sporothrix schenckii will result in a local _____, or ulcer, at the site of trauma and first entry

Answer: pustule

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Flashcard 10: Sporothrix schenckii is a dimorphic yeast with a cigar-shaped, unequal budding _ in human tissue, and a(n) _ form in plants (commonly rose thorns)

Answer: yeast

Flashcard 11: Ascending _ and _-shaped yeast are classic manifestations of Sporothrix schenckii infection/sporotrichosis

Answer: lymphangitis

Flashcard 12: _____ is classically contracted via cuts from rose thorns, as well as tree bark, bushes, and plants

Answer: Sporothrix schenckii

Flashcard 13: Histoplasma is endemic to the _ and _ United States

Answer: central

Flashcard 14: Paracoccidioidomycosis is a(n) _____ fungus that changes form with different temperatures

Answer: dimorphic

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Flashcard 15: Serology with Ig_____ antibodies to histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis (systemic fungi) signifies recent infection

Answer: M

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Flashcard 16: San Joaquin Valley fever are buzzwords for which fungus? _____

Answer: Coccidioidomycosis

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Flashcard 17: Progression of paracoccidioidomycosis can result in spreading from cervical lymph nodes to the _, causing _

Answer: lungs

Flashcard 18: Great lakes and Ohio river valley are buzzwords for which fungus? _____

Answer: Blastomycosis

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Flashcard 19: Coccidioidomycosis have a characteristic mold form containing _____-shaped arthroconidia

Answer: barrel

Flashcard 20: Transmission of Histoplasma occurs through the _____ tract

Answer: respiratory

Flashcard 21: Coccidioidomycosis is a(n) _____ fungus, as its form changes based on the temperature of its environment

Answer: dimorphic

Flashcard 22: A(n) _____ infection is called Sporotrichosis

Answer: Sporothrix schenckii

Flashcard 23: Histoplasma are _____ RBCs

Answer: smaller than

Flashcard 24: Blastomycosis is a(n) _____ fungus that changes form with different temperatures

Answer: dimorphic

Flashcard 25: A(n) _____ stain or culture gives physicians a definitive diagnosis in histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis (fungal infections)

Answer: KOH

Flashcard 26: Coccidioidomycosis is _ in the soil and _ in the body, which can rupture and spread throughout the lungs and rest of the body

Answer: mold

Flashcard 27: Histoplasma, Blastomycosis and most* other systemic fungi are found in the _ form in soil and the _ form in the body

Answer: mold

Flashcard 28: Aspergillus fumigatus is not dimorphic and occurs only as _____

Answer: molds

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Flashcard 29: _ and _ rapid antigen tests can also be used to detect Histoplasma

Answer: Serum

Flashcard 30: Mucosal ulcers in the upper respiratory tract and mouth is characteristic of _____

Answer: Paracoccidioidomycosis

Flashcard 31: Blastomycosis commonly occurs near the Great Lakes and also in the eastern and _____ US as well

Answer: southern

Flashcard 32: Transmission of Blastomycosis occurs via _ of _-ized spores

Answer: inhalation

Flashcard 33: Coccidioidomycosis is found in the _____ United States

Answer: Southwestern

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Flashcard 34: Transmission of Histoplasma occurs through the _____ tract

Answer: respiratory

Flashcard 35: Dissemination of blastomycosis commonly occurs in _____ patients

Answer: immunocompromised

Flashcard 36: Candida albicans is _____, meaning it assumes different forms depending on the temperature of its environment

Answer: dimorphic**

Flashcard 37: What fungus is actually a reverse of the dimorphic adage,with yeast in the cold and mold in the heat?_____

Answer: Candida albicans

Flashcard 38: Histoplasma is _____, meaning the temperature of its surroundings determines the form of the fungus

Answer: dimorphic

Flashcard 39: Branching hyphae similar to that of rose bushes are classically seen in _____

Answer: Sporothrix schenckii (what fungus?)

Flashcard 40: Candida albicans forms _____ at 37 degrees celsius

Answer: germ tubes (true hyphae)

Flashcard 41: Paracoccidioidomycosis are _____ RBCs

Answer: larger than (larger than/smaller than/the same size as)

Flashcard 42: Mississippi river valley and Ohio river valley are buzzwords for which fungus?_____

Answer: Histoplasmosis

Flashcard 43: Blastomycosis is a _____ fungus that changes form with different temperatures

Answer: dimorphic

Flashcard 44: Paracoccidioidomycosis is a _____ fungus that changes form with different temperatures

Answer: dimorphic

Flashcard 45: Blastomycosis are _____ RBCs

Answer: the same size as (larger than/smaller than/the same size as)

Flashcard 46: Sporothrix schenckii will result in a local _____, or ulcer, at the site of trauma and first entry

Answer: pustule

Flashcard 47: Coccidioidomycosis spherules of endospores are _____ RBCs

Answer: larger than (larger than/smaller than/the same size as)

Flashcard 48: The route of transmission of _____ is through inhalation of spores in dust

Answer: coccidioidomycosis (what fungus)

Flashcard 49: Great lakes and Ohio river valley are buzzwords for which fungus?_____

Answer: Blastomycosis

Flashcard 50: Besides histoplasmosis, which other fungus can be detected through urine antigen testing?_____

Answer: Blastomycosis

Flashcard 51: San Joaquin Valley fever are buzzwords for which fungus? _____

Answer: Coccidioidomycosis

Flashcard 52: Which fungal infection is characterized by a yeast form with multiple buds that radiate out from a central vacuole?_____

Answer: Paracoccidioidomycosis

Flashcard 53: Sporothrix schenckii is _____, meaning it assumes different forms depending on the temperature of its environment

Answer: dimorphic

Flashcard 54: Coccidioidomycosis is a _____ fungus, as its form changes based on the temperature of its environment

Answer: dimorphic

Flashcard 55: Transmission of paracoccidioidomycosis occurs via _____

Answer: respiratory droplets

Flashcard 56: Histoplasma are _____ RBCs

Answer: smaller than (larger than/smaller than/the same size as)

Flashcard 57: Branching hyphae of Sporothrix schenckii can be grown at _____ degrees celsius

Answer: 25

Flashcard 58: Blastomycosis commonly occurs near the Great Lakes yes, but also in the eastern and _____ US as well

Answer: southern

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Coccidioides immitis/posadasii

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Sporothrix schenckii complex

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Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei

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Dimorphic fungi characteristics

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Geographic distribution of dimorphic fungi

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Clinical presentations of dimorphic fungal infections

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Diagnostic approaches for dimorphic fungi

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Treatment of dimorphic fungal infections

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Host factors in dimorphic fungal infections

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Environmental sources and prevention

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