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Which stain is used to visualize Cryptococcus neoformans?_____

A positive germ tube test is strongly indicative of _____.

_____ is a species of opportunistic fungus that presents as nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles.

Oral thrush of the mouth that appears as a white exudate on mucous membranes is due to _____

Which fungus is urease-positive?_____

The repeating polysaccharide capsular antigens of the Cryptococci capsule are the main virulence factor of the fungus, making it _____

Clinical presentation and treatment of Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator americanus (hookworm) infection?

Common name for Dracunculus medinensis?

What are the key clinical features and treatment associated with Onchocerca volvulus?

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Loa loa is also known as?

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Flashcard 1: Which stain is used to visualize Cryptococcus neoformans?_____

Answer: India ink

Flashcard 2: A positive germ tube test is strongly indicative of _____.

Answer: Candida albicans (what fungus)

Flashcard 3: _____ is a species of opportunistic fungus that presents as nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles.

Answer: Mucor spp.

Flashcard 4: Oral thrush of the mouth that appears as a white exudate on mucous membranes is due to _____

Answer: candida albicans (which fungus)

Flashcard 5: Which fungus is urease-positive?_____

Answer: Cryptococcus neoformans

Flashcard 6: The repeating polysaccharide capsular antigens of the Cryptococci capsule are the main virulence factor of the fungus, making it _____

Answer: anti-phagocytic

Flashcard 7: Clinical presentation and treatment of Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator americanus (hookworm) infection?

Answer: Intestinal infection causing iron deficiency anemia; treated with bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate.

Extra: Transmission: Larvae (filariform) penetrate the skin (usually through bare feet). Diagnosis: Eggs in stool. Pathogenesis: Hookworms suck blood from the intestinal wall.

Flashcard 8: Common name for Dracunculus medinensis?

Answer: Guinea worm

Extra: Transmission: Drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) with L3 larvae. Clinical: Skin inflammation and ulceration (usually on lower limbs). Treatment: Slow physical extraction of the worm by winding it around a stick.

Flashcard 9: What are the key clinical features and treatment associated with Onchocerca volvulus?

Answer: River blindness, Ivermectin, Female blackfly bite

Extra: - Disease: River blindness (Onchocerciasis) - Vector: Female blackfly (Simulium) - Treatment: Ivermectin (Mnemonic: Iver-mectin for River blindness) - Clinical: Skin nodules, pruritic dermatitis, and blindness due to microfilariae in the eye.

Flashcard 10: Loa loa is also known as?

Answer: African eye worm (Loiasis)

Extra: • Transmission: Chrysops (deer fly, horse fly, mango fly) • Clinical features: Calabar swellings (subcutaneous edema), worm in conjunctiva • Treatment: Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

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