Fungal Associations – Flashcards
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| Systemic fungus with ulcerated Pimples |
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| Blastomyces Dermitidis |
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| East Coast of US and Mexico |
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| Blastomyces Dermitidis |
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| "Pilot's Wheel" |
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| Paracoccidiodes |
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| Cryptococcus |
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| Pigeon Droppings |
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| Cryptococcus |
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| Pseudohyphae |
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| Candida Albicans |
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| Brain Abscess |
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| Cryptococcus |
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| "Soap Bubble Lesions" |
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| Cryptococcus |
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| Found in Wheat Stacks |
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| Aspergillus |
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| "Fruiting body" at end of hyphae |
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| Aspergillus |
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| Affects Neurtopenic Pts |
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| Aspergillus |
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| Narrow-angled (< 45 degrees) branching hyphae w/ septae |
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| Aspergillus |
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| "Fungus Ball" and Tx |
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| Aspergillus, aspergilloma removed w/ surgery |
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| Invades BVs and Tx |
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| Aspergillus, tx w/ amphotericin B Mucor also invades BVs |
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| Allergic Bronchopulmonary Sx and Tx |
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| Aspergillus, Tx w/ corticosteriods |
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| Dimorphic Fungi |
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| Histoplasma Capsulatum, coccidioides immitis, blastomyces dermitidis |
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| Fungi that cause Systemic Infx |
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| Histo, coccidio, blasto |
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| Narrow Based Budding |
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| Cryptococcus |
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| Sking AND lung infxs |
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| Blastomycosis and coccidiodomycosis |
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| Broad-based budding |
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| Blastomycosis |
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| Fungus assoc. w/ southEASTERN US |
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| Blastomycosis |
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| Visible on India Ink stain |
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| Cryptococcus |
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| Valley Fever |
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| Coccidiodomycosis |
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| Spherules and endospores |
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| Coccidiodomycosis |
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| Desert Rheumatic fever |
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| Coccidiodomycosis |
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| Fungus assoc. w/ southWESTERN US (AZ, NM, and souther CA) |
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| Coccidiodomycosis |
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| Allergies to Mold |
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| Aspergillus |
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| Carona on microscopy |
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| Aspergillus |
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| Wide-angled (> 45 degrees) branching hyphae w/ no septae |
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| Mucormycosis |
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| Most common AIDS defining lesion |
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| Pneumocystis Carinii |
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| Cavitary lesions of the lung |
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| Histoplasmosis |
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| Granuloma |
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| Histoplasmosis |
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| Midwestern US and Ohio and Tennessee River Valeys |
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| Histoplasmosis |
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| Spelunkers |
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| Histoplasmosis |
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| Pigeons |
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| Cryptococcus |
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| Cat Droppings |
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| Histoplasmosis |
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| Bird droppings |
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| histoplasmosis |
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| fungus assoc. w/ rhinocerebral infxs |
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| Rhizopus and Mucor |
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| fungus assoc. w/ eschar in nose and Tx |
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| Rhizopus Mucor, sugery |
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| Tx for Mucor Pneumonitis |
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| Amphotericin |
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| Nail infx/onychomycosis |
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| Trychophyton and epidermophyton |
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| Athlete's Foot and Tx |
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| Trychophyton mentagrophytes and topical imidazole |
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| Ring lesion on Skin/"ring worm" |
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| Trychophyton and epidermatophyton |
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| Jock Itch |
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| Trychophyton and epidermatophyton |
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| Spaghetti and Meatballs |
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| MALESSEZIA FURFUR |
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| Pityriasis Versicolor |
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| MALESSEZIA FURFUR |
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| Gardner's Nodules |
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| sporothrix shenckii |
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| Transmitted via finger prick of a rose thorn |
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| sporothrix shenckii |
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| Yeast w/ unequal budding |
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| sporothrix shenckii |
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| Produces Black pigment on cx |
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| sporothrix shenckii |
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| Spores shaped like rosettes |
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| sporothrix shenckii |
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| Fungal infxs of long-time asthmatics |
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| Aspergillus Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)- migratory pulmonary infiltrates, bronchiectasis and eosinophilia |
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| Red on Mucicarmine stain |
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| Cryptococcus Neoformans |
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| Polysaccharide Capsule |
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| cryptococcus |
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| Fungi that cause cutaneous infx |
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| Malassezia furfur (athlete's foot) Microsporum, epidermophyton, trichophyton (jock, scalp, body itching) |
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| Macrophages filled w/ tiny yeast |
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| Histoplasmosis |
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| Facial pain and DKA |
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| Rhizopus |
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| drug(s) assoc w/ renal toxicity |
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| Aminoglycosides and amphotericin B |
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| Anti-Fungal Drug(s) that inhibits cytochrome P450 system |
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| Azoles |
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| Defect in fibrilin |
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| Marfans Syndrome |
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| Shake and Bake side effect |
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| Amphotericin B Fever and Rigors "Amphoterrible" |
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| Latex agglutination test |
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| cryptococcus neoformans tests for polysaccharide capsule Ag |
