Mycota

Question 1

no inhalational hazard

Answer 1

yeasts

Question 2

yeasts

Answer 2

c. albicans

cryptococcus

Question 3

penicillium marneffi

Answer 3

only invasive penicillium

Question 4

aspergilloma

Answer 4

occurs in immunocompetent (and compromised) people -forms a fungal ball in pre-existing pulmonary cavity)

Question 5

Usually infects by inhalation, but also by dog bites and wood slivers

Answer 5

blastomyces dermatitidis

Question 6

common flora yeast

Answer 6

C. albicans

Question 7

45 degree angle hyphae splits, then parallel

Answer 7

aspergillus

Question 8

fungus that can disseminate into the RES

Answer 8

histoplasmosis

Question 9

begins in nasal cavity due to nasogastric tubes in immunocompromised patients. rapidly spreading, poor prognosis.

Answer 9

Mucormycosis

Question 10

Cryptococcomata

Answer 10

Intracerebral mass lesions

Question 11

Liver cancer

Answer 11

aflatoxin from a. flavus

Question 12

ascospores

Answer 12

sexually formed spores

Question 13

Mucormycosis

Answer 13

caused by mucorales species (wide hyphae, no septa)

Question 14

satellite lesions with a silvery sheen

Answer 14

C. albicans

Question 15

sporangea

Answer 15

the head of a mold

Question 16

transmitted by inhalation of airborne spores from soils

Answer 16

dimorphic fungi

Question 17

Forms mycelium (structurally)

Answer 17

hyphae

Question 18

Green mold on bread

Answer 18

Penicillium

Question 19

athough asymptomatic, can cause scarring of the lungs which looks like tuberculosis.

Answer 19

histoplasmosis

Question 20

where does tinea pedis begin?

Answer 20

between the pinky and ring toe

Question 21

What is larger, yeast or bacteria?

Answer 21

Yeast (10x)

Question 22

Immunocompromised - contracts the aspergillus hyaline mold, what happens?

Answer 22

Mortality > 50%

Question 23

Dermatophytes

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trichophyton species

microsporum species

epidermophyton floccosum

Question 24

Acquired through aerosolized bird droppings from gregarious birds

Answer 24

Cryptococcus

Question 25

Aspergillus types

Answer 25

A. flavus A. fumigatus A. niger A. terrous

Question 26

Brown pigmented molds with septa

Answer 26

dematacious (earthy)

Question 27

ship's wheel lesion

Answer 27

paracoccidoides brasiliensis - disseminating to the nose

Question 28

Aflatoxin

Answer 28

A. flavus infects peanuts and immunocompromised people

Question 29

Otomycosis

Answer 29

Aspergillus niger

Question 30

What are most medical molds classified as

Answer 30

hyaline

Question 31

Immunocompetent - contracts aspergillus, what happens?

Answer 31

chronic sinusitis and aspergilloma

Question 32

anamorphic

Answer 32

asexual stage name

Question 33

medusa head appearance

Answer 33

a. flavus

Question 34

what poses the inhalational hazard of a mold?

Answer 34

stolons

Question 35

What is ringworm?

Answer 35

Tinea corpus - dermatophyte of the body and not actually caused by a worm

Question 36

How you get athlete's foot (tinea pedis)

Answer 36

Walking barefoot and subsequently putting on a shoe

Question 37

fungi imperfecti

Answer 37

only asexual stage present

Question 38

releases spores

Answer 38

the mycelium

Question 39

No need to protect yourself from _____ in a lab

Answer 39

Dermatophytes

Question 40

Line of lymph nodes

Answer 40

sporotrichosis

Question 41

3 Bs

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blasto, broad-based buds

Question 42

smoky green/gray fuzzy colonies

Answer 42

aspergillus

Question 43

Kentucky fungus

Answer 43

histoplasma

Question 44

grows on a monolayer like a bacteria

Answer 44

yeast

Question 45

Systemic mycoses

Answer 45

dimorphic fungi

Question 46

most common mycosis in Central and South america

Answer 46

paracoccidoides brasiliensis

Question 47

India Ink Prep

Answer 47

Can be used to see capsulized cryptococcus

Question 49

Most common medical, hyaline mold

Answer 49

aspergillus

Question 50

Rhizopus, absidia, mucor

Answer 50

Mucorales species causing mucormycosis

Question 51

Unpigmented hyphae with septa

Answer 51

hyaline molds

Question 52

what is a sporangium associated with in a mold?

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asexual reproduction - colourless when immature, black when ripe

Question 53

the only intracellular fungus

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histoplasmosis

Question 54

infects macrophages

Answer 54

histoplasmosis

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Chronic meningitis in AIDS patients

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Cryptococcus (disseminated)

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What inhibits the growth of tinea pedis?

Answer 56

toe jam

Question 57

double-walled wide based budding forms

Answer 57

blastomyces dermatitidis

Question 58

Wet and weepy mycelial mass on the head

Answer 58

kerion

Question 59

Colonies appear moist at beginning, but end up looking like spider webs

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coccidoides immitis

Question 60

telomorphic

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sexual stage name

Question 61

rhizoids below sporangiophore

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rhizopus

Question 62

colourless when immature, black when ripe

Answer 62

sporangium

Question 63

transmitted by soil with bat droppings

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histoplasmosis

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Is a mushroom a type of mold? Is a dermatophyte a type of mold?

Answer 64

Yes and yes

Question 65

the most dangerous and infectious of all fungi

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coccidoites immitis

Question 66

C. albicans of the throat

Answer 66

thrush

Question 67

dimorphic fungi

Answer 67

histoplasmosis blastomyces dermatitidis

Question 68

Antler like cigar shaped

Answer 68

epidermophyton flocossum

Question 69

Fonsecaea pedrosoi

Answer 69

Dematacious mold causing chromoblastomycosis

Question 70

Mold associated with a very poor prognosis if immunocompromised

Answer 70

Mucorales

Question 71

Rhizoids

Answer 71

roots of a mold

Question 73

sporotrichosis

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chronic lymphatic and skin infection - sporothrix schenckii

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Endogenous yeast

Answer 74

Cryptococcans

Question 75

Glass-like

Answer 75

hyaline

Question 76

barrel shaped arthroconidia in the hyphae

Answer 76

coccidoides immitis

Question 77

stolons

Answer 77

aerosolized hyphae with spores - can pose an inhalational hazard with mold

Question 78

Chromoblastomycosis

Answer 78

dematacious mold - fonsecaea pedrosoi

Question 79

Red, cigar shaped

Answer 79

trichophyton (dermatophyte)

Question 80

no rhizoids

Answer 80

mucor

Question 81

cutting the lawn

Answer 81

aspergillus

Question 82

Pointy, cigar shaped

Answer 82

Microsporum (dermatophyte)

Question 83

Aseptic, wide hyphae is characteristic of...

Answer 83

Mucorales

Question 84

Rose thorns

Answer 84

sporothrix schenkii

Question 85

athlete's foot

Answer 85

dermatophyte tinea pedis

Question 86

conidia

Answer 86

asexually formed spore

Question 87

female sex hormones inhibit it

Answer 87

paracoccidoides brasiliensis

Question 88

most common yeast

Answer 88

C. albican

Question 89

C. albicans - exogenous or endogenous

Answer 89

Exogenous

Question 90

Hyaline molds

Answer 90

aspergillus penicillium dermatophytes

Question 91

Requires silver stain for imaging

Answer 91

aspergillus

Question 92

San Joaquin valley fever from desert winds

Answer 92

coccidoides immities

Question 93

exporulate by a fairy ring

Answer 93

homobisidiomycetes

Question 94

dandelion lollipop

Answer 94

a. niger

Question 95

allergic pulmonary aspergillosis

Answer 95

Aspergillus fumigatus

Question 96

forms a fungal ball in lung cavities

Answer 96

aspergilla (called an aspergilloma)