Clinical presentations of dimorphic fungal infections — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Blastomycosis are _____ RBCs

Answer: the same size as (larger than/smaller than/the same size as)

Flashcard 2: Which fungal infection is characterized by a yeast form with multiple buds that radiate out from a central vacuole?_____

Answer: Paracoccidioidomycosis

Flashcard 3: Branching hyphae of Sporothrix schenckii can be grown at _____ degrees celsius

Answer: 25

Flashcard 4: Mississippi river valley and Ohio river valley are buzzwords for which fungus?_____

Answer: Histoplasmosis

Flashcard 5: Histoplasma is _____, meaning the temperature of its surroundings determines the form of the fungus

Answer: dimorphic

Flashcard 6: What fungus is actually a reverse of the dimorphic adage,with yeast in the cold and mold in the heat?_____

Answer: Candida albicans

Flashcard 7: Branching hyphae similar to that of rose bushes are classically seen in _____

Answer: Sporothrix schenckii (what fungus?)

Flashcard 8: Sporothrix schenckii

Answer: dipmorphic, cigar-shaped, budding yeast

Extra: "rose gardener's disease"itraconazole or potassium iodide

Flashcard 9: Dimorphic fungi exhibit a _____ morphology at ambient temperature and _____ morphology at body temperature.

Answer: mold

Flashcard 10: Histoplasma spp.

Answer: dimorphic

Extra: histoplasmosislocal - fluconazole or itraconazole systemic - amphotericin B bird or bat droppingsOhio River valley