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1
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olive oil

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malasezia furfur

2
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Ascospone agar

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Saccharomyces

3
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Potato dextrose or potato flake agar

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Trichophyton rubrum

4
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Czapek-Dox agar

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Aspergillus

5
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Bird seed agar

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melanin in Cryptococcus

6
Q

Dimorphic fungi (5)

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histoplasma
blastomyces
coccidioides
sporothrix
paracoccidioides
7
Q

Dematiaceous molds (7)

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Alternaria
Bipolaris
Curvularia
Exophiala
Fonsecaea
Phialaphora
Wangiella
(Alternatively, bipedal children eagerly formulate perfect words)
8
Q

Aseptate molds (zygomycetes) (6)

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Mucor
Rhizopus
Absidia
Circinella
Cunninghamella
Syncephalastrum
9
Q

Yeasts with arthroconidia (2)

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Trichosporum

Geotrichum

10
Q

Dimorphic molds tend to grow _____

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slowly

11
Q

“lid lifters”

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suggests zygomycetes (aseptate molds)

12
Q

Cornmeal Tween 80 agar

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yeast morphology

13
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3 pathogens completely inhibited by cyclohexamide

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Zygomycetes
Aspergillus
Cryptococcus

14
Q

stimulation tests (inositol and thiamine) are good for identifying

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Trichophyton species

15
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Phenol oxidase test (staib test)

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Cryptococcus + from Candida -

T. mentagrophytes + from T. rubrum -

16
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In order to convert to yeast, histoplasma needs to

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be plated on BHI with blood

17
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In order to convert to yeast, blastomyces needs to

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be plated on BHI or cottonseed agar

18
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antigen detection of crypto in CSF can be enhanced by

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pretreatment with pronase

19
Q

histoplasma mold form

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lollipop microconidia, spiked macroconidia

20
Q

Ohio and Mississippi river valley

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histoplasma

21
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histologically, coccidioides may be confused with

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Rhinosporidium seeberi and prototheca wickerhami

22
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classic presentation of Prototheca

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olecranon bursitis

23
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“barrel-shaped” arthroconidia

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coccidioides mold form

24
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valley fever

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coccidioides immitis

25
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Risk factors for disseminated coccidioides

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blood group B
3rd trimester of pregnancy
Filipino or AA

26
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Mold form of blasto

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smooth, lollipop conidia

27
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host for blasto

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dogs

28
Q

dimorphic fungi that disseminates to bone

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blasto

29
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subcutaneous dimorphic fungus

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Sporothrix schenckii

30
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Identifying feature of paracoccidioides

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“mariner’s wheel” in tissue

31
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in culture, mold of paracoccidioides is identical to

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Blasto (lollipops)

32
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3 dermatophytes that produce Macroconidia

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Microsporum canis
Microsporum gypseum
Epidermyphyton floccsum

33
Q

Identify microsporum canis

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Spindle-shaped macroconidia

34
Q

Identify microsporum gypseum

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Oval macroconidia

35
Q

Identify epidermophton floccosum

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Club-shaped macroconidia

36
Q

Identify Trichophyton rubrum

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“birds on a wire”

red pigment

37
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Identify Trichophyton mentagraphytes

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Grape-like clusters

38
Q

Identify Trichophyton tonsurans

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variability in size and shape of microconidia

39
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3 dermatophytes producing microconidia

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Trichophyton rubrum
Trichophyton mentagraphytes
Trichophyton tonsurans

40
Q

Dermatophytes that cause destruction of hair shaft

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Microsporum canis
Microsporum gypseum
Trichophyton verrucosum

41
Q

Identify A. fumigatus

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colony: blue-green with white skirt
Conidiophore: single row with conidia only on top

42
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Identify A. niger

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colony: black front, yellow-grey reverse

43
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Identify A. terreus

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Colony: cinnamon/buff
Conidiophore: 2 rows of phialides

44
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Identify A. flavus

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Colony: yellow/green
Coniodiophore: Lollipop

45
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Otitis externa

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Aspergillus niger

46
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Golf-ball conidia

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Gliocladium (a hyaline septate mold)

47
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Fusiform macroconidia

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Fusaria

48
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“broom-like” conidia

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Penicillum

49
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Colonies pigmented on front and back

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Dematiaceous molds

50
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Conidia of Bipolaris look like

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Microsporum gypseum

51
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Longer and thinner conidia than Bipolaris

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Exserohilum

52
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“bottle-brush” conidia

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Helminthosproum

53
Q

Dematiaceous molds with transverse and longitudinal septa

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Alternaria
Ulocladum
Stemphilium

54
Q

3 principle causes of chromoblastosis

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Phialophora
Cladosporum
Fonsecaea

55
Q

Zygomycete with sporangiophores directly over rhizoids

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Rhizopus

56
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Zygomycete with sporangiophores between rhizoids

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Absidia

57
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Distinguish Geotrichum from Trichoporon (both are arthroconidia-producing yeasts)

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Trichoporon is urease + and has “rabbit ears”

Georichum has “hockey stick”

58
Q

Urease + fungi

A
Cryptococcus
Rhodotorula
Candida krusei
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Trichosporon
59
Q

Cryptococcus able to cause infection in immunocompetent host

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C. gattii

60
Q

White piedra

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Trichosporon beigelii

61
Q

Red pigment colonies

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Rhodotorula
Penicillium
Fusarium

62
Q

Protothecosis is

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Algae

63
Q

Lobomycosis caused by

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Loboa loboi, does not grow in colonies

64
Q

Candida resistant to fluconazole

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C. krusei (sometimes C. glabrata)

65
Q

Candida resistant to Amphotericin B

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C. lusitaniae