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Flashcard 1: What is the morphology of Sporothrix schenckii in tissue?

Answer: Dimorphic fungus; seen as cigar-shaped budding yeasts in tissue.

Extra: • Causes Rose Gardener's Disease (lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis). • Treatment: Itraconazole (DOC) or Potassium Iodide (SSKI). • Dimorphism: Mold at 25°C (daisy-like conidia), Yeast at 37°C (cigar-shaped).

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

Answer: mold

Flashcard 3: What type of fungus is Histoplasma capsulatum based on its growth characteristics?

Answer: Dimorphic fungus

Extra: - Transmission: Inhalation of spores from soil contaminated with bird or bat droppings (Mississippi and Ohio River valleys). - Clinical: Histoplasmosis (calcified granulomas in lungs, hepatosplenomegaly). - Treatment: - Local/Mild: Itraconazole - Systemic/Severe: Amphotericin B - Key feature: Macrophages filled with small intracellular yeast.

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: Coccidioides spp.

Answer: dimorphic

Extra: Diseases: Pneumonia, meningitis Treatment: - Local/Mild: Fluconazole or itraconazole - Systemic/Severe: Amphotericin B Geography: Southwestern US, California, San Joaquin Valley

Flashcard 6: Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Answer: Dimorphic fungus; "Captain's Wheel" appearance

Extra: Common in Latin America. Clinical: Pneumonia. Treatment: - Local/Mild: Itraconazole - Systemic/Severe: Amphotericin B

Flashcard 7: Is Candida albicans dimorphic? What are its morphology shapes at different temperatures?

Answer: Yes, it is dimorphic. - 20°C: Pseudohyphae and budding yeasts - 37°C: Germ tubes (hyphae)

Extra: Systemic or superficial infection (thrush, vulvovaginitis, diaper rash, endocarditis...) Treatment: Local - topical azole Systemic - fluconazole, amphotericin B, caspofungin

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 fungus with a cigar-shaped, unequal budding _ in human tissue, and a(n) _ form in plants (commonly rose thorns)

Answer: yeast

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