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Mycology Diagnosis
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Microbiology
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05/23/2012

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Term
Black piedra
Definition
black, hard gritty nodules containing asci with MULTIPLE ASCOSPORES
Term
Malassezia
Definition
spaghetti and meatballs
Term
Tinea Nigra (Hortaea werneckii)
Definition
multiple-branched septate, dark pigemented hyphae and elongated, budding cells
Term
White piedra
Definition
hyaline, septate hyphae broken up into ATHROSPORES
Term
Otomycosis (RAMP)
Definition
fragments of mycelium, with or without septa and branches
Term
Tinea faciei
Definition
hyphae with microconidia
Term
Tinea barbae
Definition
various types of microconidia
Term
Tinea capitis-ectothrix
Definition
chains of macroconidia and hyphae
Term
Tinea capitis-endothrix
Definition
conidia and hyphae inside hair shafts
Term
Tinea corporis
Definition
mycelia and conidiospores
Term
Microsporum canis
Definition
club-shaped macroconidia
Term
Tinea imbricata
Definition
swollen hyphae with forked tips
Term
Tinea unguium
Definition
hyphae and macroconidia from nails
Term
Tinea manuum
Definition
hyphae and macroconidia on palms and fingers
Term
Tinea cruris
Definition
Club-shaped macroconidia with smooth walls (ET), Epidermofloccosum doesnt produce microconidia
Term
Tinea pedis
Definition
hyphae and macro- or microconidia from foot scrapings
Term
Chromoblastomycosis (CFP)
Definition
sclerotic bodies with branching, septate, brown hyphae and thick-walled, round-oval brown cells
Term
Subcutaneous zygomycosis
Definition
Hyphae with swollen ends
Term
Phaeophyphomycosis (ACE)
Definition
branching, septate, brown hyphae
Term
Pseudallescheriasis
Definition
broad, branching septate hyphae with balck grains
Term
Lobomycosis
Definition
Thick-walled, globose-to-lemon-shaped, budding yeast joined by short tubes. This yeast cannot be culttured
Term
Rhinosporidiosis
Definition
Thick-walled spherules(sporangia) with endospores inside
Term
Sporotrichosis
Definition
asteroid bodies
Term
Candidiasis
Definition
oval-to-globose, budding yeast or pseudohyphae
Term
Rhodotorulosis
Definition
spherical-to-elongate, budding, non-encapsulated yeast-like cells
Term
Pneumocystosis
Definition
thick-walled, crescent-shaped cysts with many internal bodies. yeast cannot be cultured
Term
Crytococcosis
Definition
globose yeast cell with thick polysaccharide capsules forming halos
Term
Adiaspiromycosis
Definition
adiaspores with fibrous capsules
Term
Aspergillosis
Definition
acute-angle branching, septate hyphae
Term
Hyalohyphomycosis
Definition
Large, branchin, septate, hyaline hyphae
Term
Geotrichosis
Definition
septate hyphae with oval or spherical arthrospores
Term
onychomycosis
Definition
brittle nails without thickening
Term
mucormycosis
Definition
broad, branching, non-septate or sparsely septate hyphae with right angle
Term
Blastomycosis
Definition
large broad-based, budding yeast cells
Term
coccidioidomycosis
Definition
thin-walled spherules with endospores
Term
histoplasmosis
Definition
extra or intracelluar oval yeasts
Term
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Definition
thick-walled, multiple budding yeast cells
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