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DIT mycology
Question | Answer |
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found in SW US including west texas and cali | coccidiodomycosis |
found in mississippi and ohio river basins | Histoplasmosis |
causes "san joaquin valley fever" | coccidiodomycosis |
found in rural Latin America | paracoccidioidomycosis |
a/w plant thorns and cutaneous injury | sporothrix schenkii |
found in states east of the mississippi river | blastomycosis |
found in bird and bat droppings | histoplasmosis |
mold form contains barrel shaped arthroconidia | coccidiodomycosis |
associated with dust storms | coccidiodomycosis |
broad based budding of yeast | blastomycosis |
multiple budding of yeast form | paracoccidioidomycosis |
causes diaper rash | candida |
opportunistic mold with septate hyphae that branch at a 45 degree angle | aspergillus |
opportunistic mold with irregular nonseptate hyphae that branch at wide angles | mucor |
causes thrush in immunocompromised pts and vulvovaginitis in women | candida |
known for causing pneumonia in ADS, start bactrim prophylaxis when CD4<200 | pneumocystis jiroveci |
yeast known for causing meningitis in AIDS pts | cryptococcus |
4 molds that are dermatophytes | microsporum, tricophyton, epidermophyton, spidermophyton |
what infections are caused by dermatophytes | the tinea's |
pt returns from a trip to New Mexico and now has pneumonitis. What is the fungal cause of this pts lung disease? | coccidioidomycosis |
30 yo female with cauliflower skin lesions. Bx shows broad based budding yeasts | blastomycosis |
HIV pt with CSF showing 75 lymphoctyes dies suddenly. Yeast is identified in CSF | pneumocystis jiroveci |
Pt with thorn prick with ulcers along lymphatic drainage | sporothrix |
what infections are a/w birds | chlamydia psittaci, histo, cryptococcus, avian flu, west nile virus |