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Above colony surface (fuzzy appreance)

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Aerial

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Only as yeast or cold

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Monomorphic

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Microsporum audionii

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Pectinate Hyphae

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Sac-like stucture

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Ascospores

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Union of two undifferentiated cells

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Zygospore

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Club shaped structure

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Basidiospores

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Fungal infection affecting hairs of the scalp

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Black Piedra

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Facial, genital, and scalp hair fungal infection

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White Piedra

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Disease that has infection of affecting hair follicles

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Tinea Favosa

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Rowboat shaped macroconidia

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Microsporum gypseum

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Tear or balloon shaped microconidia

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Trichophyton tonsurans

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Tear shaped microconidia

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Trichophyton rubrum

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Most agents of mycosis

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Deuteromycota

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Affecting the outermost layer of skin

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Superficial mycoses

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Athlete’s foot

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T. Mentagrophytes

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Gray patch tinea

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Microsporum audouni

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Cause of scalp infection

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T. Tonsurans

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Beaver’s tail

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Condia

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Star shaped powdery colonies

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Destrose agar

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20
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Lead to tumor-like deformities

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Eumycotic mycetoma

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Invading organs like skin, lungs, and the brain

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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

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Traumatic implantation

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Subcutaneous mycoses

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Cigar shaped yeast with single or multiple buds

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Yeast

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Darlings disease

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Large yeast with multiple buds like ship's wheels, mariners/ pilots wheel
Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis
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Most virulent of all mycotic agent
Coccidioides immits
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Flurochrome stain for Chitin
Calcofluor white
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Detect cryptococcus in CSF
India ink/ nigrosin
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Used as indicator is phenol red
Dermatophyte test medium DTM
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Most fungi grown within 2 week incubation period
Culture
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Cryptococcus neoformans capsule
Mayer's mucicarmine
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Require incorporation of ammonium oxolate into crystal violet
Gram stain (hucker modification)
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To detect hyphal pigmentation
Fontana massoj and H&e
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Most commonly encountered opportunistic fungal infections
Candida albicans
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Major cause of opportunistic infection in patients with aids
Cryptococcus neoformans
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Direct examination of specimen
Microscopic exam
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Common cause of pulmonary that often found in compost piles of soil and potted plants
Aspergillus fumigatus
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Penetrates medium and absorbs nutrients
Vegetative
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Grows at 25 to 30 deg zc
Mold
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Multicellular filamentous
Mold
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Organism with no true nucleus
Prokaryotic
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Epidermophyton floccosum
Racquet hyphae
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It has an imperfect spores
Asexual spores
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Formed through enlargemeny of hyphal cells
Chamydoconida
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Budding or small outgrowth of hyphae
Blastoconidia
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Either as yeast or mold
Dimorphic
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Visualization of budding yeast, approximately 4 to 8 um
Malassezia furfur
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Fungal agent of tinea favosa
Trichophyton schoenleinni
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Common childhood diesease
Gray patch ringworm
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Caused by dimorphic fungi
Systemic mycoses
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In what deg the thick walled spherule filled with endospore
37 deg
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Detection of fungi in histologic section s
Gomori methenamine silver
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It's used for dermatophyte recovery
Mycosel or mycobiotic agar
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It's previously known as penicillium marneffei
Talaromcytes marneffei
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Infection of mucous membranes pf mouth in newborns or HIV
Candidiasis
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Black pepper effect on culture media, fungus ball in lungs
Aspergillus Niger
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This is the two types of fungal infection affecting hair shaft
Graypatch and blot dot
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It's a khaki colored colonies
Epidermophyton floccosum
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Found in soil, feet is usually affected
Subcutaneous mycoses
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Rat tail appearing microconidia string bean appreance
T. Verricosum

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