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Histoplasmosis is caused by... |
Histoplasma capsulatum |
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Histoplasmosis occurs in which locations? |
Primarily occurs in Mississippi and Ohio River valleys |
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This disease is found in bird and bat droppings |
Histoplasmosis |
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Histoplasmosis clinically presents with... |
Patchy pneumonitis and hilar/mediastinal lymphadenopathy |
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Where does blastomycosis occur? |
East of the Mississippi river and Central America |
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This fungi causes inflammatory lung disease and can disseminate into bone and skin |
Blastomyces dermatitidis |
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Blastomycosis Broad-based budding |
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Coccidioidomycosis transmission occurs primarly through what mechanism? |
Transmission occurs mainly through spores that is directly correlated to dust exposure |
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This fungi causes spherule in tissues... |
Coccidioides (Coccidioidomycosis) |
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This fungi is also known as valley fever, California fever, desert rheumatism, and San Joaquin Valley fever |
Coccidioides (Coccidioidomycosis) |
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Coccidioidomycosis is found in _____________ and causes _____________ |
Southwestern United States, California; pneumonia and meningitis |
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This fungi is found in Latin America and causes asymptomatic pulmonary infection |
Paracoccidioidomycosis |
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Budding Yeast with the captain's wheel shape; Paracoccidio parasails with the captain's wheel all the way to Latin America |
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This disease is caused by the fungus Malassezia furfur |
Tenia Versicolor |
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Does tenia versicolor cause hypo- or hyperpigmentation? |
Trick question! It can cause either. pale skin= hyperpigmented, darker skin= hypopigmented |
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Tenia Versicolor with the characteristic "spaghetti and meatball" appearance |
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What is the treatment for tenia versicolor? |
topical miconazole and selenium sulfide |
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Where is Candida albicans normally found? If opportunisitic, which areas are affected? |
Normally present in the GI tract and mouth; overgrowth (thrush) can occur in the mouth; yeast infection in vagina; can be systemic in AIDS |
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Oral Thursh from Candida albicans from immunocomprimised patient |
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What is the name for the opportunistic mold that is acutely angled (V-shaped)? |
Aspergillus fumigatus |
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Aspergillus fumigatus can cause... |
ABPA (allergic broncopulmonary aspergillus) that is associated with asthma and cystic fibrosis |
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What is present in the lung cavities of patients with aspergillus, especially after TB infections? |
Aspergillomas (fungus spheres) |
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Aspergillus; Acute Angles in Aspergillus |
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What is the name of the yeast with thick capsule and is normally found in soil and pigeon droppings? |
Cryptococcus neoformans |
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This is stained with India Ink |
Cryptococcus neoformans |
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Crytococcus leaves soap bubble lesions in the brain |
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Treatment for crytococcal meningitis includes... |
intrathecal (subarachnoid space) administration of amphotericin B and flucytosine combination therapy for meningitis |
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Opportunistic fungal infection most often caused by fungi caused by Mucor and Rhizopus species |
Mucormycosis |
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In terms of pathology, Mucormycosis results in... |
Infarction and necrosis of host tissue that is due to invasion of the vasculature by hyphae (Black pus!) |
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Which fungi is cigar-shaped, has unequal budding yeast in human tissue, and has the mold form on rose throns? How is it treated? |
Sporothrix schenckii (rose gardener’s disease); Treated with itraconazole and oral potassium iodide |