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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
07/09/2013

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What is a opportunistic pathogenic fungus in humans?
Definition
candida albicans
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Opportunistic fungi are?
Definition
normal microbiota for many individuals
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What is TRUE about pathogenic fungi?
Definition

they can infect any susceptible host regardless of its immune status

they are dimorphic

they produce yeast forms at 37*C

they are relatively resistant to phagocytic killing

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What is FALSE about fungi?
Definition
FALSE-- they have the ability to form mycelial thalli that are very invasivve
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What is type of agar is preferred for the culture of fungi?
Definition
Sabouraud dextrose agar
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What is a technique that reveals the presence of fungal cells in tissues?
Definition
KOH tx and Gomori methenamine silver (GMS) staining
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The most COMMON pathogenic fungus affecting humans is?
Definition
Histoplamsa capsulatum
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Mycoses are difficult to treat b/c?
Definition
fungicides have numberous side effects and fungal cells are similar to human cells
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All the TRUE PATHOGENIC fungi are?
Definition
members of the Ascomycota and are dimorphic
Term
Ocular histoplasmosis is a?
Definition
type I hypersensitivity immune rx
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What is the diagnostic structure produced by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis?
Definition
"STEERING WHEEL"  buds
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a young woman is experiencing fever, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and a cough that occasionally brings up mucus containing blood. She reports having visited family in rural New Mexico over the Labor Day weekend. A GMS- stain sample from her lungs shows the presence of large spherules. What is the most likely infecting agent?
Definition
Coccidioides immitis
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What is TRUE about Candida?
Definition

it is present in the digestive tract of 40-80% of all healthy people

it can be passed to babies during childbirth

it causes thrush

it can be transmitted to adults during sex

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what is FALSE about Candida?
Definition
FALSE= it is easily treated with topical antifungals in immunocompromised pt's
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An avid gardener in eastern North America begins to have a fever and cough. A sample from her lungs contains yeast cells. She may be infected with?
Definition
Blastomyces dermatitidis
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The most common disease produced in humans by Cryptococcus is?
Definition
cryptococcal meningitis
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What fungal infection is rare prior to the AIDS epidemic?
Definition
Pneumocystis pneumonia
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Pneumocystis jiroveci is?
Definition
an bligate parasite that cannot survive outside the lungs
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An immunocompromised patient has a severe nasal infection that has blocked his ability to breathe through his nose. A sample taken from the nose is treated w/KOH and is found to have largehyphae with very few septa. What disease may the pt have?
Definition
zygomycosis
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What is the diagnostic feature of Trichosporon beigelii?
Definition
the presence of soft white to gray nodules
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Ringworms are caused by?
Definition
dermatophytes groing in the upper dead tissue layers of the skin
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Histoplasma capsulatum is an?
Definition
intracellular parasite
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What dermatophytes infect hair as well as skin?
Definition
Trichophyton rubrum
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White patches on the surgace of the toungue and the oral mucosa accompanied by inflammation and swelling are signs consistent with?
Definition
thrush
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What fungal infection may progress to infection of the brain?
Definition
Coccidioides immitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Mucor
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A tumor-like infection that produces an oily fluid containing fungal granules is known as?
Definition
mycetoma
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A sample of the tissue from an inflamed, pus-filled area on the lower leg is treated with KOH and stained with GMS. Under the microscope golden brown spheres are visible. What disease are these observations consistent with?
Definition
chromoblastomycosis
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What fungal infection can be contracted through thorn pricks or wood splinters?
Definition
Sporothrix schenckii
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What is TRUE regarding Malassezia?
Definition

It is part of the microbiota of the skin

it tends to develop into a chronic infection

it causes pityriasis

it is a basidomycete

Term
what is FALSE concerning Malassezia?
Definition
FALSE= it causes phaeohyphomycosis
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the monomorphic fungus Rhizopus is a?
Definition
common bread mold and an opportunistic pathogen
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Mycetismus is caused by?
Definition
ingestion of toxic mushrooms
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What is referred to as the "deaht cap" mushroom?
Definition
Amanita phalloides
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What is a false morel that causes bloody diarrhea, conculsions, and death within two days?
Definition
Gyromitra esculenta
Term
Ergometrine, which is used to stimulate labor contractions, is a product of ?
Definition
Claviceps purpurea
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What is true of mycotoxicosis but NOT mycetismus?
Definition
The fungus is not present
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Psilocybin is a?
Definition
toxin that acts as a hullucinogen
Term
Chronic inhalation of particular fungal allergens would lead to?
Definition
a type III hypersensitivity reaction
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What causes Rose-gardener's disease?
Definition
sporotrichosis
Term
What causes aflatoxins?
Definition
mycotoxin associated with liver cancer
Term
What causes sclerotic bodies?
Definition
chromoblastomycosis
Term
What causes Pseudallescheria?
Definition
mycetoma
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What symptoms do Pityriasis cause?
Definition
patches of hyperpigmented and depigmented skin on the trunk and arms
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What does Trichophyton rubrum cause?
Definition
infeciton of the hair, nails, and skin
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What does Psilocybe cubensis produce?
Definition
a hallucinogenic toxin
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What does Amanita phalloides cause?
Definition
Mycetismus
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What does Claviceps purpurea produce?
Definition
a toxin that is used to treat migrane headaches
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T/F Griseofulvin is and effective antifungal with no seroius side effects.
Definition
true
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T/F Dermatophytes, which live on the surface of the skin, are always pathogenic.
Definition
FALSE
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T/F Fungi that cause systemic mycoses are uniformly acquired by ingesting contaminated food.
Definition
FALSE
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T/F The seriousness of Coccidioides infection can be attributed to the formation and rupture of spherules.
Definition
TRUE
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T/F In endemic regions of the US, close to 90% of the population test + for Histoplasma capsulatum.
Definition
TRUE
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T/F Hypersensitivity of aspergillosis is due to the formation of ball-like fungal hyphae in the cavities produced by pervious tuberculosis.
Definition
FALSE
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T/F Histoplasma and Coccidioides produce filtrates on the lungs that can be seen on X-ray images.
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TRUE
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T/F Very few cases of cryptococcal infections are caused by the variant Cryptococcus neoformans.
Definition
FALSE
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T/F Severe mycetismus may require a liver transplant.
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TRUE
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T/F Vaccines to prevent fungal infections are widely available.
Definition
FALSE
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Most fungi exist as _____ and function as the major decomposers of organic material.
Definition
saprobes
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infections with ___ are more commonly acquired by person-to-person contact.
Definition
dermatophytes
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diagnosis of fungi may require culturing them at different temperatures to demonstrate their ___ growth characteristics.
Definition
dimorphic
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_____ dissolves keratin and cellular material in skin scrapings, leaving only the fungal cells for examinations.
Definition
potassium hydroxide
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fungal cells can be stained black in tissue sections by using ___ stain.
Definition
Gomori Methenamine silver (GMS)
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instead of cholesterol, the walls of fungi contain ____.
Definition
ergosterol
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the "gold standard" of antifungal agents is ____.
Definition
amphotericin B
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The antifungal agent ____ interferes with microtubule formation and chromosome seperation.
Definition
griseofulvin
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the presence of ____ in a sample from the lungs is diagnostic for coccidioidomycosis.
Definition
spherules
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Hisoplasma ___ is limited to Africa.
Definition
duboisii
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The production of distinctively spiny spores is diagnostic for?
Definition
Histoplasma capsulatum
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Exposure to ____ species most commonly causes only allergies.
Definition
aspergillus
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______ can be diagnosed when clusters of budding yeast and branching pseudohyphae are present along with correlated symptoms.
Definition
candidiasis
Term
Opportunistic infections with ____ may develop into a series of nodular, pus-filled lesions on a limb.
Definition
Sporothrix schenckii
Term

Chronic infections of Malassezia result in _____.

 

Definition
pityriasis
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