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Superficial & Cutaneous Mycoses Flashcards

1
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what is another name for dermatophytosis or tinea

A

ringworm

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2
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what layer of the skin/hair does dermatophytosis infect

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outermost

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3
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what protein do dermatophytes love

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keratin

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4
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def? love keratin

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keratinophilic

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5
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name of causative agent found in the soil

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geophilic

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6
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name of causative agent found on humans

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anthropophilic

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7
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name of causative agent found on animals

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zoophilic

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8
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what layers of the skin make up the superficial layer (3)

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keratinized, epidermis, and dermis

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9
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is ringworm a fungus or mold

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fungus

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10
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what kind of rash do you get when you have ringworm

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circular,
red, and itchy

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11
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what kind of fungi cause ringworm (common name)

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dermatophytes

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12
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what specific fungi. cause ringworm (3)

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trichophyton, microsporum, and epidermophyton

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13
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what enzyme do dermatophytes have that help them invade the epidermis

A

keratinases

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14
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what kind of hyphae do dermatophytes have (3)

A

septated, branched, and arthroconidia

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15
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do dermatophytes invade the hair shaft

A

sometimes

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16
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aka tinea or dermatophytosis

A

ringworm

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17
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what is it called when arthroconidia grow outside of the hair shaft

A

ectothrix

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18
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during an ectothrix infection is the hair cuticle destroyed

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yes

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19
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if you have an ectothrix infection will it Florence under a woods lamp

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yes

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20
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what is it called when arthroconidia grow outside and inside the hair shaft

A

ecto-endothrix

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21
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what is it called when arthroconidia grow inside of the hair shaft

A

endothrix

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22
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during an endothrix infection is the hair cuticle destroyed

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no

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23
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if you have an endothrix infection will it Florence under a woods lamp

A

no

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24
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what is the most severe dermatophyte hair invasion

A

favus

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25
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what is another name for favus

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honeycomb

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26
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what is it called when hyphae are at the base of hairs with air spaces in the hair shaft

A

favus

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27
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what is the name for head ringworm

A

tinea capitis

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28
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what is the name for feet ringworm

A

tinea pediis

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29
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what is the name for hand ringworm

A

tinea manuum

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30
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what is the name for groin ringworm

A

tinea cruris

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31
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what is the name for beard/mustache ringworm

A

tinea barbae

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32
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what is the name for finger/toenails ringworm

A

tinea unguium

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33
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what is the name for body ringworm

A

tinea corporis

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34
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what layer of the scalp does tinea capitis invade

A

stratum corneum layer

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35
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t or f: tinea capitis grows downward into the hair shaft

A

t

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36
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is inflammatory or non-inflammatory tinea capitis worse

A

inflammatory

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37
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what kind of tinea capitis has gray patches, black dots, and dandruff like

A

non-inflammatory

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38
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what kind of tinea capitis has hair loss, pustular, and crusted

A

inflammatory

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39
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how do you get tinea capitis

A

skin to skin, touching infected animals/objects

40
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what organism causes favus

A

T. schoenleinii

41
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what is another name for tinea pedis

A

athlete’s foot

42
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how does tinea pedis spread to other parts of the body

A

scratching and picking

43
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what is the most common type of ring worm

A

tinea pedis

44
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what organism causes tinea manuum

A

t. rubrum

45
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if someone has tinea pedis what other ringworm are they likely to have

A

tinea manuum

46
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(ringworm) ___ foot, one ____ syndrome

A

2; hand

47
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what kind of proteins does t. rubrum use to mediate the adherence to the epithelial tissue

A

mannan glycoproteins

48
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how does t. rubric penetrate into skin

A

proteases

49
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how does t. rubrum suppress lymphocyte response

A

cell wall mannan

50
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what kind of ringworm is known as the jock itch

A

tinea cruris

51
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why is the groin a good Environment for dermatophytes

A

moist and alkaline pH

52
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what organism causes tinea cruris

A

t. rubrum

53
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what kind of ringworm is known as barber’s itch

A

tinea barbae

54
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what kind of tinea barbae is zoophilic

A

inflammatory

55
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what kind of tinea barbae is anthropophilic

A

noninflammatory

56
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what kind of tinea barbae is tender, weeping nodule, with pustules

A

inflammatory

57
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what kind of tinea barbae is small, red, itchy bumps

A

noninflammatory

58
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what is the major cause of onychomycosis

A

tinea unguium

59
Q

def? a fungal nail infection caused by yeast or dermatophyte

A

onychomycosis

60
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what kind of ringworm is the most difficult to treat

A

tinea unguium

61
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what kind of organism causes tinea corporis

A

t rubrum

62
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what kind of ringworm has a soil exposure

A

tinea corporis

63
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what is name for body ringworm that athletes get

A

tinea corporis gladatorum

64
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who does trichophyton rubrum infect

A

humans

65
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what is the name of the microconidia of T. rubrum

A

birds-on-a-wire

66
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Trichophyton mentagrophytes is predominantly what kind of exposure

A

zoophilic

67
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does t. mentagrohytes have more macro or microsporidia

A

microsporidia

68
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what kind of hyphae do T. mentagrophytes have

A

spiral

69
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what kind of hair shaft invasion does T. mentagrophytes do

A

ecto-endothrix

70
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what kind of hair shaft invasion does T. Tonsurans do

A

endothrix

71
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what organism causes black-dot tinea capitis

A

T. tonsurans

72
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what kind of spores does T. tonsurans have

A

chlamydospores

73
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does t. tonsurans have more macro or microconidia

A

microconidia

74
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what shape macrocondidia of microsporum canis

A

spindle

75
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what is the shape of microconidia of microspourm Canis

A

narrow club shaped

76
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what kind of hair shaft invasion does M. canis do

A

ectothrix

77
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M. canis is predominantly what kind of exposure

A

zoophilic

78
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what kind of animal host m. canis

A

cat

79
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what color does m. canis fluoresce under woods lamp

A

blue green

80
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does microsporum gypseum have more macro or microconidia

A

macroconidia

81
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where do you find m. gypseum

A

soil

82
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what kind of hair infection does m. gypseum do

A

ecto-endothrix

83
Q

what is the shape of epidermophyton floccosum macroconidia

A

club-shaped

84
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T or f: e. floccosum has microconidia

A

F

85
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T or F: e. floccosum can form chlamydospores

A

T

86
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what kind of hair invasion does e. floccosum do

A

none

87
Q

def? superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft that presents as small nodules

A

piedra

88
Q

what causes piedra

A

excessive use of hair oil

89
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what organism causes white piedra (pubic)

A

t. inkin

90
Q

what organism causes scalp white piedra

A

T ovoides

91
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what organism causes black piedra

A

Piedraia hortae

92
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what organism causes thrush

A

candida

93
Q

who often gets thrush

A

immunosuppressed and babies

94
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what organism causes tinea nigra

A

hortaea wernickii

95
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what has hyper pigmented patch of infected skin

A

tinea nigra

96
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what kind of environment does tinea nigra like

A

salty

97
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what kind of Environment does malassezia like

A

lipid dependent

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