Lecture 13 - Mycology

Question 1

Fungi Imperfecti is another name for

Answer 1

Anamorphic fungi

Question 2

How does the mushroom fairy ring form?

Answer 2

A mushroom explodes on a still night and spores land around in a perfect circle

Question 3

Which is more safe: yeast or mold

Answer 3

Yeast

Question 4

Which grows more quickly: yeast or mold

Answer 4

Mold

Question 5

How do molds grow?

Answer 5

The grow in tubes called Hypha which grow outwards and create hazardous spores

Question 6

Where do spores originate from?

Answer 6

The mycelium of molds

Question 7

Most common yeast infector?

Answer 7

Candida albicans

Question 8

Where is Candida albicans found?

Answer 8

Normally in vagina bowel or skin

Question 9

What can Candida albicans cause?

Answer 9

Diaper rash, UTI, skin irritation

Question 10

Where does thrush infect?

Answer 10

The mouth

Question 11

Where does cryptococcus neoformans come from?

Answer 11

Bird poo

Question 12

How do we diagnose cryptococcus neoformans?

Answer 12

By taking a culture

Question 13

What are the 4 methods to ID holds?

Answer 13

Growth rate in a culture
Presence of a yeast phase
Colonial and microscopic morpholgy
Biochemical testing

Question 14

What do Hyaline hyphae look like

Answer 14

Glass with little dividers called septa

Question 15

What do hyaline holds look like

Answer 15

Grey fuzzy colonies

Question 16

Types of dermatophytes

Answer 16

Trichophyton spp.
Microsporum spp.
Epidermophyton floccosum

Question 17

Common name for tenia pedis

Answer 17

Athletes foot

Question 18

Common name for tenia carpers

Answer 18

Ringworm

Question 19

What does kerion look like?

Answer 19

A weeping mass of mycelium on the scalp

Question 20

What do dematiaceous hyphae look like

Answer 20

Brown and earthy

Question 21

How are dimorphic fungi unique?

Answer 21

The can grow as both yeast or mold

Question 22

How are dimorphic fungi contracted?

Answer 22

By inhalation of spores

Question 23

What to dimorphic fungi causes

Answer 23

Systemic mycoses

Question 24

Histoplasma capsulatum is deadly because it can cause

Answer 24

The formation of yeast cells in the blood

Question 25

Blastomyces dermatitidis can infect

Answer 25

Skin, bone and GI tract

Question 26

How does a blastomyces dermatitis infection come from

Answer 26

Wood slivers or dog bites

Question 27

What is the most dangerous infecting fungi

Answer 27

Cocadioides immitis

Question 28

How is cocadioides immitis so deadly?

Answer 28

Can be inhaled, destroy bone and cause meningitis

Question 29

Common name for sporothrix schenckii

Answer 29

Rose throw infection