Clinical presentations of dimorphic fungal infections US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Clinical presentations of dimorphic fungal infections Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Blastomycosis are _____ RBCs
Answer: the same size as (larger than/smaller than/the same size as)
Flashcard 2: Which fungal infection is characterized by a yeast form with multiple buds that radiate out from a central vacuole?_____
Answer: Paracoccidioidomycosis
Flashcard 3: Branching hyphae of Sporothrix schenckii can be grown at _____ degrees celsius
Answer: 25
Flashcard 4: Mississippi river valley and Ohio river valley are buzzwords for which fungus?_____
Answer: Histoplasmosis
Flashcard 5: Histoplasma is _____, meaning the temperature of its surroundings determines the form of the fungus
Answer: dimorphic
Flashcard 6: What fungus is actually a reverse of the dimorphic adage,with yeast in the cold and mold in the heat?_____
Answer: Candida albicans
Flashcard 7: Branching hyphae similar to that of rose bushes are classically seen in _____
Answer: Sporothrix schenckii (what fungus?)
Flashcard 8: Sporothrix schenckii
Answer: dipmorphic, cigar-shaped, budding yeast
Extra: "rose gardener's disease" itraconazole or potassium iodide
Flashcard 9: Dimorphic fungi exhibit a _____ morphology at ambient temperature and _____ morphology at body temperature.
Answer: mold
Flashcard 10: Histoplasma spp.
Answer: dimorphic
Extra: histoplasmosis local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
bird or bat droppings Ohio River valley
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