Sporothrix schenckii complex US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Sporothrix schenckii complex Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Great lakes and Ohio river valley are buzzwords for which fungus?_____
Answer: Blastomycosis
Flashcard 2: Branching hyphae of Sporothrix schenckii can be grown at _____ degrees celsius
Answer: 25
Flashcard 3: What fungus is actually a reverse of the dimorphic adage,with yeast in the cold and mold in the heat?_____
Answer: Candida albicans
Flashcard 4: Branching hyphae similar to that of rose bushes are classically seen in _____
Answer: Sporothrix schenckii (what fungus?)
Flashcard 5: Sporothrix schenckii
Answer: dipmorphic, cigar-shaped, budding yeast
Extra: "rose gardener's disease" itraconazole or potassium iodide
Flashcard 6: Dimorphic fungi exhibit a _____ morphology at ambient temperature and _____ morphology at body temperature.
Answer: mold
Flashcard 7: Histoplasma spp.
Answer: dimorphic
Extra: histoplasmosis local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
bird or bat droppings Ohio River valley
Flashcard 8: Blastomycces spp.
Answer: dimorphic, broad-base budding
Extra: pneumonia local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
East of Mississippi and Central America
Flashcard 9: Coccidiomycces spp.
Answer: dimorphic
Extra: pneumonia, meningitis local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
Southwestern US, California, San Joaquin valley
Flashcard 10: Paracoccidiomycces spp.
Answer: dimorphic, "Captain's Wheel"
Extra: pneumonia local - fluconazole or itraconazole
systemic - amphotericin B
Latin America
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