Flashcards in Lower Respiratory Mycoses Deck (45):
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Coccidioidomycosis is also known as what
San Joaquin valley fever
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about 60% of the patients infected with coccidioidomycosis are what
asymptomatic or so few symptoms
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dissemination of coccidioidomycosis to other sites occurs mostly in what type of individuals
immunocompromised
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Coccidioidomycosis is caused by what pathogen
coccidioides immitis
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Coccidioidomycosis is almost exclusively where
southwestern US and northern mexico
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coccidioidomycosis fungal spores from the soil enter the body how
through inhalation
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how is coccidioidomycosis is diagnosed by what
the presence of spherules
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if coccidioidomycosis spreads to the CNS, what happen if left untreated
FATAL
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Blastomycosis is also known as what
Gilchrist’s disease
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if symptoms develop in blastomycosis they are often like what
flu like
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what happens to the blastomycosis in most people
it resolves
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blastomycosis is caused by what pathogen
Blastomyces dermatitidis
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Where is blastomycosis an endemic
southeastern US north to canada
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Blastomycosis will enter the body via
inhalation of dust carrying fungal spores
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Blastomycosis is considered what due to the incidence of human infection increasing
an emerging disease
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Paracoccidioidomycosis produces what
chronic inflammatory disease of mucous membranes
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what sets paracoccidioidomycosis apart from coccidioidomycosis?
ulcerated lesions
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what is the pathogen that causes paracoccidioidomycosis
paracoccidioides brasilienses
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paracoccidioidomycosis is transmitted how
inhalation
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Histoplasmosis is also known as what
ohio river valley disease
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how many individuals are asymptomatic who are infected with histoplasmosis
95%
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5% of those cases of histoplasmosis develop what
clinical histoplasmosis
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what is the pathogen that causes histoplasmosis
histoplasma capsulatum
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what is the most common fungal pathogen affecting humans ***
histoplasma capsulatum
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what is the most common fungal pathogen to cause disease ****
Candida
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the histoplasmosis pathogen is found in what type of environments
soils containing high nitrogen levels, such as droppings of bats and birds
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how to human get infected with the histoplasmosis virus
inhale airborne spores from the soil
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when taking an X-ray of an individuals with histoplasmosis what is often seen
granulomas
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infections in immunocompetent individuals usually what
resolve without treatment
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Pneumocytis pneumonia (PCP) is usually asymptomatic in what type of individuals
immunocompetent
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clearance of the PCP fungus leads to what
long lasting immunity
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Pneumocytis pneumonia is caused by what pathogen
Pneumocystis jirovecii
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PCP resembles what more than fungi
a protozoa
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PCP is transmitted how
inhalation of droplets
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Pneumocystis pneumonia is a common opportunistic fungal infection is who
AIDS infected patients
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presence of Pneumocystis pneumonia is almost diagnostic for what
AIDS
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what is the treatment for PCP
anti protozoan drugs
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Aspergillosis is most commonly causes what
only allergies
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aspergillosis is caused b fungi in what genus
aspergillus
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aspergillus occurs from what
inhalation of the fungal spores
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aspergillus is concidered what
an emerging disease
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“Killer Mold” is caused by what fungi
Stachybotrys chartarum
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Stachybotrys became known as
“killer black mold” or “toxic black mold"
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Killer mold had been concluded to have no what
no causal relationship between mold and infant death
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