Parasites/Fungi US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Parasites/Fungi with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Parasites/Fungi Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 11: Strongyloides stercoralis
Answer:
Extra: intestinal infection ivermectin or albendazole larvae in soil penetrate skin
Flashcard 12: amebiasis
Answer:
Extra: dysentery, liver abcess, RUQ pain metronidazole, iodoquinol for carriers
Flashcard 13: Pneumocystis jirovecii
Answer: disc-shaped yeast
Extra: silver stain Pneumocyctis pneumonia aka PCP TMP-SMX, pentamidine, dapsone
Flashcard 14: mucormycosis
Answer: Mucor and Rhizopus spp.
Extra: headache, facial pain, necrotic eschar on face, frontal lobe abcess, +/- CN involvement DKA or leukemia
Flashcard 15: Mucor spp.
Answer: irregular, broad, nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles
Extra:
Flashcard 16: What media can be used to culture Cryptococcus neoformans?
Answer: Sabouraud's agar
Flashcard 17: Cryptoccus neoformans
Answer: yeast, thick capsule; not dimorphic
Extra: india ink cryptococcal meningitiis soil, pigeon droppings
Flashcard 18: tinea versicolor
Answer: Malassezia furfur
Extra: fungal metabolites damage melanocytes hyper- or hypopigmented patches "spaghetti and meatball" on KOH topical miconazole, selenium sulfide
Flashcard 19: tinea
Answer: dermatophytes (Microsporum, Trichophyton, Epidermophyton)
Extra: pruritic skin lesions with central clearing mold hyphae on KOH (not dimorphic) pedis, cruris, corporis, capitis, unguium
Flashcard 20: Aspergillus fumigatus
Answer: not dimorphic, acute angle branching, conidia (spore pods on end of hyphae)
Extra: invasive aspergillosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
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