Parasites/Fungi — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: What culture medium is used to isolate fungi?

Answer: Sabourand's agar

Flashcard 32: Which organisms are typically visualized using Silver stain?

Answer: Fungi, Legionella, Helicobacter pylori, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Bartonella henselae

Extra: Silver stains (e.g., Gomori Methenamine Silver [GMS], Warthin-Starry stain) are used to visualize organisms that do not stain well with Gram stain.

Flashcard 33: mucicarmine

Answer: Cryptococcus neoformans

Flashcard 34: India ink

Answer: Cryptococcus neoformans

Flashcard 35: _____ forms conidiophores with fruiting bodies

Answer: Aspergillus

Flashcard 36: _____ is a(n) bread mold, and is one of the major causes of Mucormycosis

Answer: Rhizopus

Flashcard 37: The route of transmission of _____ is through inhalation of spores in dust

Answer: coccidioidomycosis

Flashcard 38: Oral thrush of the mouth that appears as a white exudate on mucous membranes is due to _____

Answer: candida albicans

Flashcard 39: _____ is used to isolate fungi

Answer: Sabouraud agar

Flashcard 40: Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite commonly transmitted as cysts in _____

Answer: undercooked meat