What type of infection is

Candida 

Fungal 

What does Candida infect 

Mucosa 

What do Aspergillus and Mucor

infections typically result from?

Breakthrough of sinus or nasal infections 

Candida causes what

percent of fungal infections? 

45 - 50%

How is Candida typically acquired? 

50% of humans acqurie it from their mother 

Candidia infections associated

with low CD4 & T lymphocyte counts

cause what type of

fungal infection? 

Mucocutaneous 

Candida infections that result from

low neutorphil counts

cause what type of fungal infection? 

Systemic 

True or False

Yeast infections can be life

threatening? 

True 

Candida albicans (yease infections)

prefer

low or high pH? 

Low pH 

Name the three

morphologies of

C. albicans 

Which morphologies are present

during fungal infections? 

All three morphologies are present

Name a few types of

oral candidiasis

infections 

What or the factors in the

pathogenesis of

oropharyngeal candidiasis?

What are the functions of

saliva? 

Which host factor

increases occurance of

oropharyngeal candidiasis? 

Hyposalivation

frequently caused from underlying disease

or therapy 

What environmental factors

increase occurance of

oropharyngeal candidiasis? 

Change in normal bacterial flora

and

High carbohydrate diet 

How does biofilm formation

by candida

effect successful colonization

and infection in the host? 

Name the three major components

of the Candida cell wall

What are the major target

for yeast infection treatments?

What are the antifungal

agents used in treatment of

yeast infections? 

Which antifungal agents are toxic? 

Amphotericin B 

Which antifungal agents have a

resistance problem?

Ravuconazole 

What are the CDC

recommendations for treatment of

Oropharyngeal candidiasis? 

What is the disadvantage using

Nystatin suspension for

the treatment of

oropharyngeal candidiasis? 

It loses its activity soon

after preparation 

Name one method to reduce the

virulence of  C. albicans

in the animal model 

Replacement of dietary sugar with

xylitol, a sugar substitute 

What are the roles in protection

against Candida?

(four) 

Targeting Candida to phagocyte receptors

results in what? 

Increased levels of phagocytosis 

Targeting of C. albicans to

FcyR leads to what? 

Intracellular organism destruction 

Principal behind Photodynamic Therapy

(PDT) 

Cells treated with

photosensitizing agent

undergo cell death when exposed to light