Diagnostic approaches for dimorphic fungi US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Diagnostic approaches for dimorphic fungi Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Blastomycosis are _____ RBCs
Answer: the same size as (larger than/smaller than/the same size as)
Flashcard 2: Blastomycosis is a _____ fungus that changes form with different temperatures
Answer: dimorphic
Flashcard 3: Which fungal infection is characterized by a yeast form with multiple buds that radiate out from a central vacuole?_____
Answer: Paracoccidioidomycosis
Flashcard 4: Coccidioidomycosis is a _____ fungus, as its form changes based on the temperature of its environment
Answer: dimorphic
Flashcard 5: Candida albicans is _____, meaning it assumes different forms depending on the temperature of its environment
Answer: dimorphic**
Flashcard 6: Sporothrix schenckii
Answer: dipmorphic, cigar-shaped, budding yeast
Extra: "rose gardener's disease" itraconazole or potassium iodide
Flashcard 7: Dimorphic fungi exhibit a _____ morphology at ambient temperature and _____ morphology at body temperature.
Answer: mold
Flashcard 8: Histoplasma spp.
Answer: dimorphic
Extra: histoplasmosis local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
bird or bat droppings Ohio River valley
Flashcard 9: Blastomycces spp.
Answer: dimorphic, broad-base budding
Extra: pneumonia local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
East of Mississippi and Central America
Flashcard 10: Coccidiomycces spp.
Answer: dimorphic
Extra: pneumonia, meningitis local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
Southwestern US, California, San Joaquin valley
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