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| Which fungus is found in SW US including Texas and California? |
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| Which fungus is found in Mississippi and Ohio river basins? |
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| Which fungus causes San Joaquin Valley fever? |
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| Which fungus is found in rural Latin America? |
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| Which fungus is associated with plant thorns and cutaneous injury? |
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| Which fungus is found in states east of the Mississippi river? |
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| Which fungus is found in bird and bat droppings? |
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| Which fungus' mold form contains barrel-shaped arthroconidia |
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| Which fungus is associated with dust storms? |
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| Which fungus displays broad based budding of yeast? |
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| Which fungus is has a multiple budding yeast form? |
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| Which fungus causes diaper rash? |
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| Which fungus is an opportunistic mold with septate hyphae that branch at 45degree angle? |
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| Which fungus is an opportunistic mold with irregular nonseptate hyphae that branch >90degrees |
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| Which fungus causes thrush in immunocompromised pts and vulvovaginosis in women? |
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| Which fungus is known for causing pneumonia in AIDs patients? |
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| Which fungus has a yeast form that is known for causing meningitis in AIDS patients? |
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| What are 3 molds that are considered dermatophytes (fungal species commonly found invading superficial layer of skin) |
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Epidermophyton
Microsporum
Trichophyton |
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| What infections are commonly caused by dermatophytes? |
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Tinea pedis
Tinea capitus
Tinea cruris
Tinea corporus
Tinea unguium |
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| A pt returns from Mexico and has pneumonitis. What is the fungal cause of this pt's lung disease? |
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| A 30 year old female has culliflower skin lesions. Tissue biopsy shows broad based budding yeasts. What is the most likey organism? |
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| An AIDS patient with CSF showing 75/mm3 lymphocytes suddenly dies. Yeast is identified in the CSF. What is the most likely diagnosis? |
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| A patient presents with rose gardeners scenario (thorn prick with ulcers along lymphatic drainage). What is the infectious bug? |
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| What infections are associated with birds? |
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Histoplasma
Cryptococcus neoformans
Chlamydiophyla psittaci
West Nile virus |
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| What antifungal interfere with microtubule production? |
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| What antifungal is used as a "swish and swallow" for oral Candidiasis? |
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| WHat antifungal is a cell wall synthesis inhibitor used in invasive Aspergillosis? |
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| What antifungul binds to ergosterol-->membrane pores |
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| What antifungal inhibits ergosterol synthesis? |
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| What antifungal is the most common treatment for onychomycosis? |
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| Terbinafine, Griseofulvin |
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| Which antifungal has the following side effects: arrythmia and nephrotoxicity? |
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| What antifungal deposits in keratin-containing tissues? |
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| What antifungal inhibits hormone synthesis and p450? |
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| What antifungal's side effect is liver dysfunction? |
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| What antifungal is a teratogen and carcinogen? |
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| What antifungal is used for cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS? |
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| Fluconazole, intrathecal amphotericin B |
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| Which antifungal is converted to 5-fluorouracil and inhibits DNA (and RNA) synthesis? |
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| What antifungal is the DOC for sporotrichosis |
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| itraconazole or potassium iodide |
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| Which antifungal can be used intrathecally for fungal meningitis? |
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| What is the clinical use and side effect of Griseofulvin |
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Oral treatment for superficial infections; inhibits growth of dermatophytes
SE: Teratogenic, carcinogenic, confusion, headache, induces p450 and warfarin metabolism, hepatotoxicity |
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| What protozoan in the cause of malaria? |
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| What protozoan is the most common protozoal infection in the US? |
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| What protozoan is the cause of Chaga's disease? |
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| What protozoan causes amoebic dysentary? |
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| What protozoan causes African sleeping sickness? |
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| What protozoan causes diarrhea in campers and hikers? |
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| What protozoan is transmitted by raw meat of cat feces? |
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| What protozoan is transmitted by the sandfly? |
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| What protozoan causes vaginosis? |
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| A patient who visited Mexico presents with bloody diarrhea. What infectious form is found in the stool? |
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| Cyst of Entamoeba histolytica |
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| A 32 year old male patient when camping in northern California 2 weeks ago, had a 2 day stint of diarrhea and now presents with sxx of liver damage and jaundice? |
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What is the name of the following stage in the malarial life cycle:
Looks like a diamond ring |
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What is the name of the following stage in the malarial life cycle:
Ruptures the cell host |
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What is the name of the following stage in the malarial life cycle:
Replicating intracellularly |
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What is the name of the following stage in the malarial life cycle:
Form injected from Anopheles mosquito |
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What is the name of the following stage in the malarial life cycle:
Banana-shaped |
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| gametes of Plasmodium falciparum |
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| Pt returning from a 2 week stay in west Africa presents with typical malarial presentation and recurrent fever. What is the mechanism responsible for this patients recurring fever? |
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| Repetitive rupturing of merozoites |
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| What helminth is the most common helminthic infection in the US? |
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| What helminth infects 1/3 of the world? |
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| What helminth has a snails host, "swimmer's itch"? |
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| What helminth is the most common predisposing factor for bladder cancer in 3rd world countries? |
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| What helminth is contracted from eating undercooked fish and causes inflammation to the biliary tract? |
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What helminth:
Soil--> enters through skin--> venous blood supply--> lungs--> coughed into pharynx--> swallowed into intestine where they reside |
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| Strongyloides stercoralis |
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| What helminths are Hookworms? |
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| What helminths are Roundworms? |
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| What helminth is contracted by eating undercooked crab meat and causes inflammation and secondary bacterial infection of the lung? |
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| What helminth is the pork tapeworm? |
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| What helminth is responsible for lymphatic filariasis |
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What helminth is responsible:
Adult pt from Mexico new onset seizures and brain calcifications? |
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| What helminth causes hematuria in patients in 3rd world countries? |
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| What medication is used to treat Giardia, Entamoeba, Trichomonas |
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| What medication is used to treat most malarias? |
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| What medication is used to treat Plasmodium vivax or ovale? |
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| What medication is used to treat resistant malarias? |
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| What medication is used to treat most all flukes and tapeworms? |
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| What medication is used to treat hookeworms, pinworm, roundworms? |
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| What medication is used to treat Chaga's diseaes? |
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| What medication is used to treat roundworms (Best guess)? |
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| bendazoles (most of the time) |
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| What medication is used to treat Leishmaniasis? |
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