Treatment of dimorphic fungal infections US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Treatment of dimorphic fungal infections 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: Candida albicans is _____, meaning it assumes different forms depending on the temperature of its environment
Answer: dimorphic**
Flashcard 4: Paracoccidioidomycosis are _____ RBCs
Answer: larger than (larger than/smaller than/the same size as)
Flashcard 5: Histoplasma is _____, meaning the temperature of its surroundings determines the form of the fungus
Answer: dimorphic
Flashcard 6: Branching hyphae similar to that of rose bushes are classically seen in _____
Answer: Sporothrix schenckii (what fungus?)
Flashcard 7: Besides histoplasmosis, which other fungus can be detected through urine antigen testing?_____
Answer: Blastomycosis
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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