Dimorphic fungi US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Dimorphic fungi Flashcard Deck - 10 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: histoplasmosis local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
bird or bat droppings Ohio River valley
Flashcard 4: Blastomycces spp.
Answer: dimorphic, broad-base budding
Extra: pneumonia local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
East of Mississippi and Central America
Flashcard 5: Coccidiomycces spp.
Answer: dimorphic
Extra: pneumonia, meningitis local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
Southwestern US, California, San Joaquin valley
Flashcard 6: Paracoccidiomycces spp.
Answer: dimorphic, "Captain's Wheel"
Extra: pneumonia local - 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
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