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Fungi/protozoa

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Molds are also known as ____. They live in colonies formed from ____. They produce ___.   show
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Conidia are also known as   show
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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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show 1) Histoplasmosis, 2) Blastomycosis, 3)Coccidiomycosis, 4) Paracoccidiomycosis  
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Locations of Histo, blasto, coccidio, paracoccidio   show
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Histo: Image   show
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show "Landscaper"; soil/rotting wood  
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show Immigrant  
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All fungi, like humans and ___ have ____. The particular one found in fungus is ____.   show
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show Pneumonia, meningitis, Liver, bone (granulomatous), skin  
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Systemic fungal diseases are similar to TB: (4) and are unlike TB in that (1)   show
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Blastomycoses is different than other sytsemic fungi in that   show
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show Skin and bone: Warty lesions/crusted verrucous lesions  
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show CNS/Bone (meningitis)  
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Histo, if disseminated   show
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Paracoccidio is famous for   show
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show Dimorphic; in soil= they are spores, in body they are yeast  
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show Coccidio  
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Treatment for Systemic fungi: local___, Systemic ___-   show
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To culture systemic fungi, use   show
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show Malassezie furfur, found in hot, humid weather  
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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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show Think: "Cancer, Aids, CheMo, Recycled organs" for Candida, Aspergillus, Cryptococcus, Mucor or Rhizopus.  
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Candida: Infections in healthy:   show
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Treat candida with   show
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show Candida  
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45 angle branching septate hyphae, rare fruiting bodies. Dimrophic/non-dimorphic   show
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show aflatoxin, affects the liver  
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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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narrow based unequal budding with capsular halo.   show
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Cryptococcus produces   show
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show Crypto: pigeon droppings, Aspergillis = rotting wood  
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show Crypto  
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show Cryptococcus  
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Irregular nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles (> 90 degrees)   show
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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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"cup/helmet shaped cells"   show
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show Diffuse interstitial pneumonia  
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Methenamine silver stain of lung tissue   show
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Treatment for PCP   show
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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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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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"cup/helmet shaped cells"   show
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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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"Rose Gardener's disease"   show
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show dimorphic. causes local pustule/ulcer with nodules along draining lymphatics, little systemic illness.  
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show itraconazole, potassioum iodide  
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Cigar-shaped budding yeast   show
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