Mycology and Parasitology Flashcards
(32 cards)
“fungus ball”
septate branching hyphae
fruiting bodies
hypersensitivity
pneumonitis (allergic alveolitits)
angioinvasive malt (grain) workers
Aspergillus
black nodules along hair shaft
ascospores
Black piedra
sleeve or collar around the hair shaft
found on mustache, beard and scalp
white piedra
Mississippi River Valley
broad-based budding yeast (cauliflower lesion)
healthy and immunocompromised
granuloma
Blastomyces dermatitidis
white, curdlike, adhesive plaques that bleed when removed for culture
“Cobblestones”
prolonged use of antibiotics
immunocompromised: AIDS, diabetics, transplant, chemotherapy, babies
vaginal yeast
thrush
Candida albicans
Dematiaceous (brown or black, melanin-producing) sclerotic bodies, skin disease
Cauliflower-like verrucous (warty) nodules
Chromoblastosis
Dematiaceous fungus
Many draining sinus tracts
“Grains” of microcolonies in the deep layer of skin
Localized infection
Eumycotic mycetoma
San Joaquin River Valley
American deserts
Spherules Skin test for antigen exposure
red, tender nodules
inhaled stage: arthrocoridia
Coccidioides immitis
Pigeon droppings
Capsule
Indian ink preparations
Capsular antigens
AIDS patients
Meningitis “The crypt of Cryptococcus is the capsule that houses the round (coccus) yeast”
Cryptococcus neoformans
Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys
Lung and spleen granulomas
Yeasts inside macrophages
Bird and bat droppings
“Cincinnati spleen”
Histoplasma capsulatum
Raw fish
Tapeworm
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)
Pneumocystis
Diffuse interstitial pneumonia
Gomori silver stain
AIDS patient/IV drug user
Fluffy, foamy alveolar exudate
Cup-shaped (flying saucer)
Ground glass appearance in x-ray
Organisms in lavage lung
Pneumocystis jiroveci (carnii)
hypopigmented/hyperpigmented patches
“spaghetti and meatballs”
KOH preparation
Pityriasis versicolor
Acidotic diabetic
Paranasal sinus and ocular orbit involvement
Coenocytic (aseptate) hyphae
Black nasal discharge
Bread mold
Rhizopus and Mucor
Roses
Thorn prick
Splinter
Gardener
Sporothrix schenckii
Keratin
Circular, scaling lesion with central clearing and hair loss
Discoloring Crumbling nails
Azoles
Tineas
Snails
Injection
Fluke Mansoni (spine on egg)
Schistosoma
Undercooked pig
Tapeworm
Cysticercosis
Taenia solium
Dog
Hydatid cyst
Tapeworm
Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm)
Malaria
Paroxysms of fever and chills
cerebral malaria
Ring form
Cyclic disease
Anopheles mosquito
Plasmodium
(troph) contaminated creek water
Foul-smelling diarrhea
Giardia
Immune suppression
Water supply
Cryptosporidium
Ameobic dysentery
Cyst with 1-4 nucleis
Tx: Metronidazole
Entamoeba histolytica
STD
Handing drop test for motility
Flagella
Trichomonas
