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Finals- Fungal Infections Flashcards

1
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What type of inflammation occurs in deep fungal infections?

A

Granulomatous inflammation

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2
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What is the causative agent for Histoplasmosis?

A

Histoplasma capsulatum

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3
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Histoplasmosis is also known as:

A

Darling’s disease

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4
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This fungi came from excreta of birds, pegions, starling, and blackbirds

A

Histoplasma capsulatum

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5
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What fungal infection has a clinical manifestation of splenomegaly and hepatomegaly?

A

Histoplasmosis

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6
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What is the similarity of histoplasmosis to TB?

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Positive (+) histoplasmin skin reaction

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7
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A patient came into your clinic and upon checking up, you saw an ulcerated area that are covered by nonspecific gray membrane and is indurated with a raised , roll out borders that resembles carcinoma, what is you diagnosis?

A

Histoplasmosis

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8
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In a histologic finding, when you see a yeasts inside a macrophage what is your diagnosis?

A

Histoplasmosis

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9
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Coccidioidomycosis is also known as:

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Valley fever

San Joaquin fever

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10
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What is the causative agent for valley fever?

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Coccidiodes immitis

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11
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Caused by inhalation of dust contaminated by spores

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Coccidioidomycosis

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12
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What are the 2 basic forms of valley fever?

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Primary non-disseminated (self limiting 10-14days)
Progressive disseminated (lead to osteomyelitis)
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13
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Treatment fo san joaquin fever

A

Amphotericin B

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14
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North american blastomycosis is also known as

A

Gilchrist’s disease

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15
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What is the causative agent in North american blastomycosis

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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16
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Gilchrist’s disease is more common in what gender?

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Male

17
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What do you call the lesion in gilchrist’s disease?

A

Crateriform lesion

18
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Oral lesion of gilchrist’s disease resembles:

A

Epidermoid carcinoma

19
Q

Oral manifestation of gilchrist’s disease resembles

A

Actinomycosis

20
Q

Histological feature shows budding of yeast

A

blastomycosis

21
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It is also known as Lutz’s disease or paracoccidioidomycosis

A

South american histoplasmosis

22
Q

Causative agent of lutz disease

A

Blastomyces (paracoccidiodes) brasiliensis

23
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This type of blastomycosis enter tissues after extraction

A

South american

24
Q

What is the difference between south and north blastomycosis

A

Causative agent

Size ( south is larger than north)

25
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What is the causative agent if mucormycosis

A

Mucor

26
Q

This fungal infection is commly seen in immunosuppressed individual

A

Mucormycosis

27
Q

Pain and swelling precedes ulceration in mucormycosis

A

True

28
Q

Histological finding shows hyphae

A

Mucormycosis

29
Q

T or F

Lung infection is more lethal than URT infection in mucormycosis

A

T

30
Q

Treatment for mucormycosis

A

Amphotericin B

Surgical debridement of URT

31
Q

Cyrptococcosis is also known as

A

Turolosis

European blastomycosis

32
Q

Causative agent of cryptococcosis

A

Cryptococcus neoformans

Cryptococcus bacillispora

33
Q

This fungal infection is commonly found in malignant lymphoma

A

Cyptococcosis

34
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It occurs in patient with visceral or cutaneous lesions or px with leukemia

A

Crytococcosis

35
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Subcutaneous sporotrichosis is cause by :

A

Sporothrix schenckii

36
Q

This fungal infection came from contaminated soil and thorny plants

A

Subcutaneous sporotrichosis

37
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Subcutaneous sporotrichosis is difficult to diagnose, what medium should you use to have definitive diagnosis

A

Saboraud agar

38
Q

Treatment of subcutaneous sporotrichosis

A

Potassium iodide

Less common with systemic antifungals (ketoconazole)

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