MIDTERM_LECTURE_LESSON 1

Question 1

Isolates that produce sexually either by forming ascospores or basidiospores

Answer 1

YEAST

Question 2

• NOT capable of sexual reproduction

Answer 2

YEASTLIKE FUNGI

Question 3

Most commonly isolated from clinical material

Answer 3

Candida albicans

Question 4

Most common recognized yeast pathogens

Answer 4

CANDIDA SPP.

Question 5

MORPHOLOGY:
-oval yeastlike forms and produces BLASTOCONIDIA

Answer 5

CANDIDA ALBICANS

Question 6

CANDIDA SPP. produces hyphae and pseudohyphae EXCEPT for??

Answer 6

Candida glabrata

Question 7

COLONY:
smooth, white, creamy, doomed colonies

Answer 7

Candida albicans

Question 8

What is the most frequent infection caused by CANDIDA ALBICANS?

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ERYTHEMATOUS LESION of the SKIN

Question 9

COMMON SITES of ERYTHEMATOUS LESION of the SKIN:

Answer 9

GROIN, BETWEEN FINGERS & TOES
UNDER FEMALE BREAST & AXILLA

Question 10

INFECTION of the NAILS

Answer 10

ONYCHOMYCOSIS

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INIFECTION in the NAIL BED

Answer 11

PARONYMYCOSIS

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Appearance of CREAMY WHITE PATCHES overlying erythematous buccal mucosa

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ORAL CANDIDIASIS/MONILIASIS

Question 13

thrush/white stuff on the mouth/white
cottage-cheese like patches on the mouth

Answer 13

ORAL CANDIDIASIS/MONOLIASIS

Question 14

HALLMARK OF FAILED IMMUNE SYSTEM

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ORAL CANDIDIASIS/MONILIASIS

Question 15

Affects the commissures of the mouth, causing break in tissue with redness, crusting and scaling

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ANGULAR CHEILITIS / PERLECHE

Question 16

occurs as fungal infection on esophagus

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ESOPHAGITIS

Question 17

• Erosive lesions of the distal esophagus and
  stomach resulting in substernal pain which is
  aggravated by swallowing

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GASTROINTESTINAL CANDIDIASIS

Question 18

• COTTAGE CHEESE
• FUNGAL INFECTION IN THE VAGINA

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VULVOVAGINITIS

Question 19

Bloodstream invasion with hematogenous spread of the organism

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INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS

Question 20

isolation of Candida spp. from at least one blood culture specimen with hematogenous spread of the yeast to one or more organs

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CANDIDEMIA

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A dermatophyte that causes ONYCHOMYCOSIS

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Tinea unguium

Question 22

If Non-dermatophyte

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Candidal onychomycosis

Question 23

• Common infection among immunocompetent individual
• Commonly seen in the axillae, groin, inter and submammary folds, intergluteal folds, interdigital spaces and umbilicus

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INTERTRIGINOUS CANDIDIASIS

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FACTORS in INTERTRIGINOUS CANDIDIASIS:

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MOISTURE
HEAT
FRICTION
MACERATION OF THE SKIN

Question 25

ALSO KNOWN AS DIAPER RASH

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CANDIDAL DIAPER DERMATITIS

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ALSO KNOWN AS PERLECHE

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ANGULAR CHEILITIS

Question 27

ALSO KNOW AS MONILIASIS

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ORAL CANDIDIASIS

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CANDIDA ALBICANS VIRULENCE FACTOR: - Helps yeast cells STICK OT HOST CELLS

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ADHESINS

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CANDIDA ALBICANS VIRULENCE FACTOR: - Facilitate HOST CELL INGULFMENT of the fungus through stimulated endocytosis

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INVASINS

Question 30

CANDIDA ALBICANS VIRULENCE FACTOR: - Candida albicans can change its surface features and biofilm formation abilities.

Answer 30

PHENOTYPIC SWITCHING