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Fungi/protozoa

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show Mycelia. They are colonies of intertwining branching hyphae. They produce spores.  
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show asexual spores  
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show Think "Cowboy Fungus": He has spore bullets and Cocks his gun, then blasts, and hits lung, skin, meninges, liver. (Coccidio, blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, paracoccidio)  
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Macrophage filled with ____, Broad-based budding ____, Spherule filled with endospores ____, Budding yeast with "captin's wheel formation'   show
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Locations of Histo, blasto, coccidio, paracoccidio   show
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Histo: Image   show
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Blasto: Image   show
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show Immigrant  
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show mycoplasma, sterols, ergosterol  
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Symptoms possible for systemic disease of fungus:   show
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Systemic fungal diseases are similar to TB: (4) and are unlike TB in that (1)   show
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show It's the hardest to get and hardest to have; will have inflammatory lung disease  
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Blasto if disseminated goes to ___   show
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Coccidio if disseminated goes to ___   show
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show Liver, spleen, bone marrow, skin  
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Paracoccidio is famous for   show
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Desribe life pattern of systemic fungi   show
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show Coccidio  
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show Local: Fluconazole, ketoconazole, Systemic: Amphotericin B for systemic infection  
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show Sabouraud  
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Tinea versicolor is caused by ____, and is found ____   show
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show hypopigmented/hyperpigmented patches on skin (trunk, shoulder, neck). Wood lamp reveals pale-yellow to blue-white fluorescence. Use KOH which will reveal "Spaghetti and meatball" appearence  
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Treat Tinea versicolor with ___ or ____   show
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show Microsporum, Trichophyton, Epidermophytum. They are not dimorphic and have mold hyphae on KOH presentation.  
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Name the opportunistic fungal infections   show
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Candida: Infections in healthy:   show
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Treat candida with   show
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Pseudohyphae + budding yeasts at 20, Germ tubes at 37   show
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45 angle branching septate hyphae, rare fruiting bodies. Dimrophic/non-dimorphic   show
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Aspergillus produce a toxin ___ that affects this organ ___   show
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show Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (type I, type IV hypersensitivity reaction), lung cavity aspergilloma (fungus ball), Invasive aspergillosis (in people with TB),  
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show Cryptococcus  
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show meningitis, cryptococcosis  
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show Crypto: pigeon droppings, Aspergillis = rotting wood  
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show Crypto  
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Soap bubble leasions in brain   show
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show Mucormycosis  
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show Diabetics/leukemia patients.  
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show proliferate in walls of blood vessels and cause infarction/necrosis of tissue  
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Black nasal discharge/ulceration/3rd nerve palsy   show
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"cup/helmet shaped cells"   show
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PCP causes   show
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Methenamine silver stain of lung tissue   show
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show TMP-SMX, pentamidine, dapsone  
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PCP patient presents   show
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show Sporothrix schenckii  
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show dimorphic. causes local pustule/ulcer with nodules along draining lymphatics, little systemic illness.  
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Treatment for Sporothrix schenckii   show
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show Sporothrix schenckii  
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Mucormycosis is mostly found in what populations   show
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Pathophysiology of mucor   show
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Black nasal discharge/ulceration/3rd nerve palsy   show
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show Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP)  
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PCP causes   show
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show PCP  
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show TMP-SMX, pentamidine, dapsone  
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show Low ABGs out of proportion to clinical scenario  
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show Sporothrix schenckii  
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Sporothrix schenckii: dimorphic/non-dimorphic. It causes ___   show
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show itraconazole, potassioum iodide  
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show Sporothrix schenckii  
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