Flashcards in Subcutaneous Mycoses Deck (44):
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How are lesions/pathologic effects of subcutaneous mycoses able to spread throughout the body?
Lymphatic channels
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Resulting lesions of subcutaneous mycoses are all ___ lesions.
Granulomatous
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Causative agent of Rose gardener's disease
Sporothrix schenkii
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How do etiologic agents of subcutaneous mycoses enter the body?
Traumatic inoculation
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false about Sporothrix schenkii
A. branching and septate hyphhae
B. hyphae arranged in flowerlike clusters
C. dimorphic fungus
D. with neuraminidase
B
conidia dapat
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Which is not a means of entry for Sporothrix schenkii?
A.animal or insect bites
B.splinters
C.contaminated wound dressings
D.sexual contact
D
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Rose gardener's disease produces lesions usually found at (A) for adults and (B) for kids
(A) lower extremities
(B) face
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this type of sporotrichosis cases is found in ~75% of cases; it forms sporotrichiotic chancre
lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis
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in chronic sporotrichosis, what happens to the lymph channels?
become hard and cord-like
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most reliable way to diagnose S.schenkii
culture (thermal conversion)
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T or F. Serology is still very helpful in sporotrichosis diagnosis.
F
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Exophiala jeanselmei
Pseudolescheria boydii
Madurella mycetomatis
Madurella grisea
these cause what specific mycoses?
mycetoma
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what is mycetoma?
it is interconnecting and it drains sinuses
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best way to diagnose mycetoma
culture
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false about Madurella morphology
A. white granules
B. air space
C. club-shaped hyphae
A
black dapat
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Phialophora verrucosa
Fonsecaea pedrosoi/compacta
Cladosporium carrionii
Rhiniocladiella aquaspersa
All these may cause what specific mycoses?
chromoblastomycosis
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all EAs of chromoblastomycosis have what color of hyphae?
dematiaceous/dark
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Pathogenesis of Chromoblastomycosis
1.tissue prolif
2.wartlike lesion
3. ______________
cauliflower nodules
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sclerotic bodies may be found in what specific mycoses?
chromoblastomycosis
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Rhiniocladiella aquaspersa & Fonsecaea pedrosoi : type of conidation
acrotheca
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Which has smaller conidia?
(Fonsecaea pedrosoi/compacta)
Fonsecaea compacta
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Causative agent of Entomophthoromycosis
Conidiobolus coronatus
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False about Conidiobolus coronatus
A.slow growing colony
B.zygomycete
C.non-septate hyphae
A
fast dapat
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Entomophthoromycosis - where does swelling begin?
nasal area
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in media w/o ____, spherical conidia with numerous branching hyphae are seen. for Conidiobolus coronatus
cyclohexamide
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common about epidemiology of Lobomycosis,Entomophthoromycosis and Sporotrichosis
more prevalent in males
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sequelae of germination of sporangiospores in nasal passages; may be caused by Rhizopus
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis
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Rhinocerebral mucormycosis may lead to what ocular complication?
orbital cellulitis
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inhalation of sporangiospores may lead to. __
thoracic mucormycosis
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morphology of mucormycosis EA @ H&E stain
infrequently septate, thin-walled hyphae, with irregular branching
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causative agent of rhinosporidiosis. Can it be cultured?
Rhinosporidium seeberi
no
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What is rhinosporidiosis?
chronic granulomatous disease of mucocutaneous tissue.nose: main target
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Lacazia loboi causes lobomycosis and is cross antigenic with ___
Paracoccidioides brasilienses
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lesions of lobomycosis resemble what bacterial infection?
leprosy
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When Lacazia loboi is mounted on Periodic Acid Schiff stain, what can be seen?
yeast cells inside macrophages
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Which geographic subpopulation has the most number of lobomycosis?
Calabi Indians
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What do Alternaria and Curvularia cause? (specific type of mycoses)
cause Phaeohyphomycosis
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False about EAs of Phaeohyphomycosis
A.dematiaceous with aseptate hyphae
B.black fungi in fruits
C.mycelia in morphology
A
with septa
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Identify causative agent of Phaeohyphomycosis
* macro: yeastlike, with short aerial hyphae
* micro: rocket-shaped mature conidiogenous cells with tapering zones
Exophiala jeanselmei
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T or F
Exophiala spinifera's optimal temperature for growth is 40 deg C
F
It does not grow at 40 deg C
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Special medium where Cladophialophora bantiana grows
Potato Dextrose Agar
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causative agent of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis
Cladophialophora bantiana
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Enumerate causative agents of SubCT Phycomycosis
Basidiobolus haptosporus
Basidioolus ranarum
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