Environmental sources and prevention — 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: Dissemination of blastomycosis commonly occurs in _____ patients

Answer: immunocompromised

Flashcard 4: The route of transmission of _____ is through inhalation of spores in dust

Answer: coccidioidomycosis (what fungus)

Flashcard 5: Mississippi river valley and Ohio river valley are buzzwords for which fungus?_____

Answer: Histoplasmosis

Flashcard 6: Sporothrix schenckii is _____, meaning it assumes different forms depending on the temperature of its environment

Answer: dimorphic

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