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Mycology Test 2

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What are the six types of human mycoses   yeast, superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic, and oportunistic  
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What do superficial mycoses normally affect   epidermis or hair  
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What is the difference between a superficial mycoses and cutaneous mycoses?   Superficial has no host response, where as a Cutaneous has a host response  
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What is the name for colonies on the hair shaft that kind of look like the nits of head lice?   Piedra  
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What does piedra mean   stone  
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What does tinea nigra usally affect   palms of hands  
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What does white piedra normally affect   hair  
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What kind of mold is white piedra   hyaline mold  
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what kind of mold is black piedra   demateacious-or pigmented  
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What does black piedra affect   hair  
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What does pityriasis versicolor normally affect   epidermis of torso  
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What is the etiological agent of pityriasis versicolor   Malassezia furfur  
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Pityriasis versicolor is known to be lipid loving. What is another name for lipid loving   Lipophilic  
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Where does Pityriasis versicolor come from   Normal flora-endogenous source  
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Is pityriasis versicolor communicable   No  
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What is unique about pityriasis versicolor lessions   they fluoresce under a wood's lamp (360 nm)  
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What is another name for pityriasis versicolor   folliculitis  
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What does versicolor mean   multicolored  
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What does furfur mean   furfuratious-or flaky  
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This mycoses is characterized by variously pigmented, patchy, mascular lesions, usually upper torso, abdomen, upper arms, shoulders, and neck   Pityriasis Versicolor  
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What is the etiological agent of pityriasis Versicolor   malassezia Furfur  
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What does malassezia furfur cause   pityriasis versicolor  
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Is pityriasis versicolor inflammatory?   No  
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How can pityriasis versicolor be diagnosed   skin scraping then KOH mount  
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What would one see on a KOH mount of pityriasis versicolor   small hyphae, yeast, that kind of looks like spaghetti and meatballs  
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What is another name for cutaneous mycoses   dermatomycoses  
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Tinea normally refers to what   dermatocytes  
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What is the street name for several tinea   ringworm  
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What is the etiological agent of a cutaneous mycoses affecting just the skin and hair   microsporum  
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What does keratinophilic mean   loves keratin  
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What are sources of keratin in the body   skin hair and nails  
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What is the etiological agent of a cutaneous mycoses affecting just the skin and nails   epidermophyton  
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what is the etiological agent of a cutaneous mycoses affecting skin, hair, and nails   trichophyton  
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what doe cutaneous mycoses normally affect   skin, hair, nails  
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What can you expect to see with a cutaneous skin mycoses   variable clinical picture, slow development  
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What can you expect to see with a cutaneous hair mycoses   endothrix and ectothrix, easily broken off  
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What does endothrix mean   inside the follicle  
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What does exothrix mean   outside of the follicle  
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What can you expect to see with a cutaneous nail mycoses   discolored and misshapped nails  
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What does tinea capitis affect/mean   head and scalp  
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What does tinea corporus affect/mean   body, usually chest and upper arms  
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what does tinea cruris affect   groin  
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what does tinea pedis affect   feet  
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what does tinea magnum affect   hands  
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what does tinea unguium affect   nails  
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What is another name for a fungal infection of the nails   onychomycosis  
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What does tinea mean   dermatophyte  
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Dermatophytes are normally indicate   cutaneous mycoses  
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What will you see with a direct examination of a dermatomycoses   KOH-septate hyphae  
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What kind of culture media can be used to culture dermatomycoses   routine fungal media, DTM (dermatophyte test medium)  
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What is the therapy for dermatomycoses   topical antifunglas or griseofulvin (oral)  
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What is fulvicin normally used for   dermatophytes  
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what is another name for griseofulvin   fulvicin  
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What indicator is found in DTM   phenole red  
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Why does the phenol red indicator in DTM turn red when identifying dermatophytes   dermatophytes produce bases  
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DTM is used as what   a presumptive id of dermatophytes  
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When culturing a dermatophyte what should you always do with the plate   turn it over and look at the mycelium  
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Lamacil is used to treat what   nail infections  
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How long is it suggested to use lamisil   6-8 weeks  
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what is an adverse side effect of lamacil   liver damage  
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this ddermatophyte has macroconidium fusiform, rugged exterior, and may have microconidium   Microsporum  
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This dermatophyte has no microconidium, and clubshaped macroconidium   epidermaphyon  
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this is the most common cause of nail infections   trichophyton  
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What is the invitro hair perforation test used for   identification of trichophyton  
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trichophyton rubrum is   ure 0  
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trichophyton mentagrophytes is   ure+  
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What is the common name of sporotrichosis   horticulturists or rose gardener's disease  
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Who is normally at risk for sporotrichosis   farmers, laborers, gardeners, and horticulturalist  
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what the etiological agen of sporotrichosis   sporothrix schenckii  
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Where can you find the saprobic form of sporothrix schenckii   soil, plants, moist wood  
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sporothrix schenckii is what kind of fungi   dimorphic  
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What are two disease states of sporotrichosis   lymphocutaneous and pulmonary  
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What is the mean by lymphocutaneous   subcutaneous nodules which disseminate alon lymphatic dranage  
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What is meant by pulmonary when in reference to sporotrichosis   chronic cavtary with lymphodenopathy  
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What form does sporotrichosis take in vivo   yeast  
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What will you see on a KOH of a sphorothrix schenkii culture   daisy clusters and as it ages microconidium every  
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What are two treatment options of lymphocutaneous due to sporotrichosis   DOC (itraconizole) or potassium iodide  
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What is another name for Itraconizole   sporonox  
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What is the treatment for a pulmonary sporotrichosis infection   lobectomy, amphotericin B  
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Ampnotericin B is used for   systemic, last ditch antifungal  
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In mexico this infection broke out after a brick fight, as well as in african gold miens due to timbers used in the minds   sporotrichosis  
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What is another name for mycetoma   maduromycosis  
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What does tumefaction mean   swelling  
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what kind of infection would you expect to see chronic, suppurative, granulomatous infection with tumefaction, abscess formation and draining sinuses   mycetoma/maduromycosis  
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How can one acquire mycetoma   implantation of fungus into skin  
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where do lesions due to mycetoma normally occur   feet, hands, shoulders, buttocks, back and scalp  
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What is a common name of mycetoma   madurofoot  
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Where are mycetoma/maduromycosis found in the environment   soil  
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where can maduromycosis disseminate to   bones and bone marrow  
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what does mycetoma mean   fungus tumor  
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where does maduromycosis most commonly infect   the foot  
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What is the sinus discharge that exudates from a mycetoma contain   granules that are microcolonies of etiological agent  
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Atenimycotic mycetoma is caused by   bacteria  
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the true fungal agent for mycetoma/maduromycosis is   eumycota mycetoma  
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What is the etiological agent of a bacterial mycetoma   norcardia brazillences  
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Chronic granulomatous characterized by verrucous cutaneous nodules, ultimately forming papillomatous vegetations is characteristic of what mycoses   chromoblastomycosis  
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Phialophora verrucosa, fonsecaea pedrosoi, fonsecaea compacta, and chlodosporium carrioni are all related to what mycoses   chromoblastomycosis  
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How is chromoblastomycosis contracted   implantation into skin  
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what does verruca mean   wart  
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most chromoblastomycosis fungi are what type of pigment   demateaceous  
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Where are chromoblastomycosis infections most common   subtropical and tropical locales espeically in the americas  
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In vivo, what is brown rounded, thick walled septate cells 4-12 micrometers, aka sclerotic or medlar bodies characteristic of   chromoblastomycosis  
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What mycoses is characterized by localized abscess or pyogranuloma, lack the intense hyperplasia seen in chromoblastomycosis   Phaeohyphomycosis  
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How is phaeohyphomycosis contracted   via implantationinto skin  
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What is the etiological agents for phaeohyphomycosis   exophiala and phialophora  
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This type of fungi have colonies that are typically velvet in texture, low dense mycelium, and are often colored gray, dar olive, brown or black   dematiaceous  
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Most systemic mycoses present as what kind of infection   pulmonary infection  
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systemic mycoses are normally limited to a   restricted geographic area  
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systemic mycoses can infect   normal hosts  
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most systemic mycoses are what kind of fungi   dimorphic  
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why do most systemic mycoses present as a pulmonary infection   conidia is inhaled from the saprobic form  
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Are systemic mycoses communicable   no  
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What is another name for north american blastomycosis   gilchrist disease  
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what is the etiological agent for north american blastomycosis   blastomyces dermatiditis  
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what is the etiological agent for gilchrist disease   blastomyces dermatiditis  
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What is the saprobic form of blastomyces dermatiditis   mould/microconidia  
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what is the parasitic form of blastomyces dermatiditis   large yeast/broad basted blastoconidia  
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what does blastomyces dermatitiditis cause   north american blastomycosis  
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This mycoses presents ad a pulmonary disease with fever, chills, productive cough, chest pain, hemoptysis, it disseminates to skin, subcutaneous, bone, kidneys and the central nervous system   North american blastomycosis  
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What animals is blastomycosis common in   dogs and beavers  
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An infection of in which in 25% of people yeast can be seen in urine is   North American blastomycosis  
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What fungi is known to have large yeast with broad based blastoconidia, which can be diagnostic with a KOH mount   blastomyces dermitiditis  
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A room temperature culture, yields a mould with microconidia borne singly on short conidiophores is indicative of   blastomyces dermatitidis  
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What is another name for histoplasmosis   darling's disease  
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What is the etiological agent for histoplasmosis   histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum  
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What is the etiological agen of darling's disease   histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum  
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What is seen in the saprobic form of histoplasmosis   mould/microconidia and macroconidia  
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Where is histoplasmosis normally found   birds (starlings) and bat guano  
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What is the parasitic form of histoplasmosis   very small yeast  
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This mycoses presents as a pulmonary infection with a cough and dyspnea and as it disseminates it moves into the reticuloendothelial system, lymph nodes, bone marrow, liver, spleen rarely skin , bone, or central nervous system   histoplasmosis  
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A patient presents with small intracellular yeast seen within leukocytes what etiological agent would you be thinking about   histoplasma capsulatum  
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When was the last "outbreak" of histoplasmosis and under what circumstances   1978 hot springs arkansas during the renovation of a courthouse  
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A room temperature culture presents with a mould with microconidia and tuberculate macroconidia with thick wall and finger like projections what would you expect the etiological agent to be   histoplasma capsulatum  
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What is double gel diffusion assa used for   fungal antibody detection  
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what is another name for the double gel diffusion   ouchterlony  
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When is the M band seen   past, earlier or chronic infection  
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When is the h band seen   during an active infection  
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where is the h band located   nearest the patient serum  
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What is the etiological agent of african histoplasmosis   histoplasma capsulatum var duboisii  
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What is the difference in african histoplasmosis and american   the parasitic yeast in african histoplasmosis is broad isthmis to blastoconidia  
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Where does histoplasma capsulatum var duboisii normally occur   tropical areas of africa  
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What is typically the course of african histoplasmosis   progressive and fatal  
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What is the common name of african histoplasmosis   dessert rheumatism  
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coccidioles immitis and coccidoides posadasii are the etiological agents of what mycoses   coccidiodomycosis  
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What is another name for coccidiodoycosis   valley fever  
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valley fever is clinically called what   coccidiodomycosis  
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what are the etiological agents of valley fever   coccidioides immitis and coccidioides posadasii  
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what is the saprobic form of coccidioidomycosis   mould/arthroconidia  
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what is the parasitic form of coccidioidomycosis   spherule/endospores  
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what mycoses presents as a pulmonary infection with fever, chest pain, and cough and then disseminates to skin and subcutaneous bone and joints, viscerol organs and central nervous system   coccidioidmycoses  
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Which mycoses is the only notifiable in the USA   coccidioidomycosis  
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Where do most cases of coccidioidomycosis occur in the US   Arizona and California  
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Even though coccidioidomycosis does not form yeast in vivo it is still considered a   dimorphic fungi  
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a room temperature culture produces barrel-shapped arthroconidia connected by thin walled segments what fungi are you looking at   coccidioides immitis  
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in vivo you receive a tissue sample inwhich you see a spherule with endospores what are youw orking with   coccidioides immitis  
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What can the exoantigen test be used for   fungal identification  
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What is the clinical name for south american blastomycosis   paracoccidioidomycosis  
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What is the etiological agent for south american blastomycosis   paracoccidioides braziliensis  
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what mycoses presents with a pulmonary disease followed by lymphadenopathy, graulomas in skin and mucous membranes such as oral, nasal, and pharyngeal, papules which ulcerate, can be chronic and is often fatal   paracoccidioidomycosis  
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paracoccidioide braziliensis is the etiological agent for what mycoses   paracoccidioidomycosis  
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Where is paracoccidioidomycosis endemic   brazil  
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the saprobic mould is non distinctive, however the parasitic yeast has multiple blastoconidia, kind of looking like a shipwheel what are you looking at   paracoccidioidomycosis  
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What is the saprobic type of aspergilliosis   aspergilloma or fungusball  
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what is the invasive type of aspergillosis   acute or chronic pulmonary infection which may disseminate  
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mucormycosis demonstrates what type of infection   acute, generalized infection with vascular thrombosis  
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geotrichosis demonstrates what kind of infection   bronchitis  
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What kind of morphology would you expect to see with aspergillus species   septate hyphae with acute angle branching  
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What are the most common general of the zygomycetes   rhizopus, mucor, absidia, rhizomucor  
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What is the most common order in the zygomycetes that we deal with   mucorales  
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What can be expected of a mucormycosis   rhinocerebral mucormycosis  
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another name for mucormycosis   zygomycosis  
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What are four basic characteristics of zygomycetes   rapid growth, wide ribbon-like aseptate hyphae, sporangia with sporangiospores, and stolons with or without rhizoids  
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what is fusarium species notable for   keratitis and cd destruction  
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