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Fungal Associations
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Microbiology
Graduate
05/14/2010

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Term
Systemic fungus with ulcerated Pimples
Definition
Blastomyces Dermitidis
Term
East Coast of US and Mexico
Definition
Blastomyces Dermitidis
Term
"Pilot's Wheel"
Definition
Paracoccidiodes
Term
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Definition
Cryptococcus
Term
Pigeon Droppings
Definition
Cryptococcus
Term
Pseudohyphae
Definition
Candida Albicans
Term
Brain Abscess
Definition
Cryptococcus
Term
"Soap Bubble Lesions"
Definition
Cryptococcus
Term
Found in Wheat Stacks
Definition
Aspergillus
Term
"Fruiting body" at end of hyphae
Definition
Aspergillus
Term
Affects Neurtopenic Pts
Definition
Aspergillus
Term
Narrow-angled (< 45 degrees) branching hyphae w/ septae
Definition
Aspergillus
Term
"Fungus Ball" and Tx
Definition
Aspergillus, aspergilloma removed w/ surgery
Term
Invades BVs and Tx
Definition
Aspergillus, tx w/ amphotericin B
Mucor also invades BVs
Term
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Sx and Tx
Definition
Aspergillus, Tx w/ corticosteriods
Term
Dimorphic Fungi
Definition
Histoplasma Capsulatum, coccidioides immitis, blastomyces dermitidis
Term
Fungi that cause Systemic Infx
Definition
Histo, coccidio, blasto
Term
Narrow Based Budding
Definition
Cryptococcus
Term
Sking AND lung infxs
Definition
Blastomycosis and coccidiodomycosis
Term
Broad-based budding
Definition
Blastomycosis
Term
Fungus assoc. w/ southEASTERN US
Definition
Blastomycosis
Term
Visible on India Ink stain
Definition
Cryptococcus
Term
Valley Fever
Definition
Coccidiodomycosis
Term
Spherules and endospores
Definition
Coccidiodomycosis
Term
Desert Rheumatic fever
Definition
Coccidiodomycosis
Term
Fungus assoc. w/ southWESTERN US (AZ, NM, and souther CA)
Definition
Coccidiodomycosis
Term
Allergies to Mold
Definition
Aspergillus
Term
Carona on microscopy
Definition
Aspergillus
Term
Wide-angled (> 45 degrees) branching hyphae w/ no septae
Definition
Mucormycosis
Term
Most common AIDS defining lesion
Definition
Pneumocystis Carinii
Term
Cavitary lesions of the lung
Definition
Histoplasmosis
Term
Granuloma
Definition
Histoplasmosis
Term
Midwestern US and Ohio and Tennessee River Valeys
Definition
Histoplasmosis
Term
Spelunkers
Definition
Histoplasmosis
Term
Pigeons
Definition
Cryptococcus
Term
Cat Droppings
Definition
Histoplasmosis
Term
Bird droppings
Definition
histoplasmosis
Term
fungus assoc. w/ rhinocerebral infxs
Definition
Rhizopus and Mucor
Term
fungus assoc. w/ eschar in nose and Tx
Definition
Rhizopus Mucor, sugery
Term
Tx for Mucor Pneumonitis
Definition
Amphotericin
Term
Nail infx/onychomycosis
Definition
Trychophyton and epidermophyton
Term
Athlete's Foot and Tx
Definition
Trychophyton mentagrophytes and topical imidazole
Term
Ring lesion on Skin/"ring worm"
Definition
Trychophyton and epidermatophyton
Term
Jock Itch
Definition
Trychophyton and epidermatophyton
Term
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Definition
MALESSEZIA FURFUR
Term
Pityriasis Versicolor
Definition
MALESSEZIA FURFUR
Term
Gardner's Nodules
Definition
sporothrix shenckii
Term
Transmitted via finger prick of a rose thorn
Definition
sporothrix shenckii
Term
Yeast w/ unequal budding
Definition
sporothrix shenckii
Term
Produces Black pigment on cx
Definition
sporothrix shenckii
Term
Spores shaped like rosettes
Definition
sporothrix shenckii
Term
Fungal infxs of long-time asthmatics
Definition
Aspergillus
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)- migratory pulmonary infiltrates, bronchiectasis and eosinophilia
Term
Red on Mucicarmine stain
Definition
Cryptococcus Neoformans
Term
Polysaccharide Capsule
Definition
cryptococcus
Term
Fungi that cause cutaneous infx
Definition
Malassezia furfur (athlete's foot)
Microsporum, epidermophyton, trichophyton (jock, scalp, body itching)
Term
Macrophages filled w/ tiny yeast
Definition
Histoplasmosis
Term
Facial pain and DKA
Definition
Rhizopus
Term
drug(s) assoc w/ renal toxicity
Definition
Aminoglycosides and amphotericin B
Term
Anti-Fungal Drug(s) that inhibits cytochrome P450 system
Definition
Azoles
Term
Defect in fibrilin
Definition
Marfans Syndrome
Term
Shake and Bake side effect
Definition
Amphotericin B
Fever and Rigors
"Amphoterrible"
Term
Latex agglutination test
Definition
cryptococcus neoformans
tests for polysaccharide capsule Ag
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