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1. Fungi are eukaryotic organisms with _____ in their cell membranes. |
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2. Fungi reproduce by _____. |
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3. _____ is asexual sporulation. |
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4. _____ is sexual sporulation. |
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5. Fungi grows best on _____ medium. |
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6. Some fungi can exist in two forms (dimorphic) either as a _____ or as a _____. |
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7. These 5 fungi tend to cause systemic infections. |
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1) CANDIDA ALBICANS, 2) HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM, 3) COCCIDIODES IMMITIS, 4) BLASTOMYCES DERMATIDIS, 5) PARACOCCIDIODES BRAILENSIS |
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8. What is the ideal temperature for growing mold? |
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9. What is the ideal temperature for growing yeast? |
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10. Mold is _____ with branching _____ or non-septate _____. |
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MULTICELLULAR, SEPTAE, HYPHAE |
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11. Yeast is _____ which reproduces by _____. |
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12. _____ are fungi that infect the skin. |
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13. Dermatophytes are fungal organisms which require _____ for growth. |
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14. _____ are dermatophytes that affect the skin, hair and nails. |
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15. _____ are dermatophytes that affect the hair and skin, and use pets as reservoirs. |
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16. _____ are dermatophytes that affects nails and skin. |
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17. _____ means ringworm. |
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18. _____ is ring worm that affects the head. |
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19. _____ is ring worm that affects the body. |
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20. _____ is ring worm that affects the groin and causes jock itch. |
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21. _____ is ring worm that affects the feet and causes athletes foot. |
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22. _____ is ring worm that affects the hands. |
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23. _____ is ring worm that affects the nails. |
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24. _____ is a condition caused by fungi that produces fine scaly patches of hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation on the skin. |
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25. Pitryiasis versicolor is caused by this fungi. |
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26. Pitryiasis versicolor is characterized by these 3 things. |
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1) DEGRADATION OF LIPIDS IN SKIN INHIBITNG MELANIN PRODUCTION, 2) SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALL APPEARANCE ON THE SKIN, 3) KOH TREATED SKIN SCRAPINGS |
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27. _____ is a fungi that causes an itching red rash in moist places like armpits, vagina, or groin in infants. |
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28. Candida albicans has an increased incidence in _____ and patients on _____. |
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29. _____ is a fungi that causes black nodules on hair. |
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30. _____ is a fungi that causes white or beige nodules on hair. |
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31. _____ is a subcutaneous dimorphic fungi that lives on vegetation. It causes bumpy skin lesions on legs or arms of rose growers or gardeners. |
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32. _____ is a subcutaneous fungi that causes warty lesions on the feet of wood-cutters (Madura foot). |
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33. _____ is a condition found in the Mississippi river valley that causes a systemic infection in immunocompromised patients affecting the lungs, spleen, liver and adrenals. |
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34. This microorganism causes histplasmosis. |
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35. Histoplasmosis is transmitted by _____ and not from person to person. |
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INHALATION OF SPORES FROM BAT DROPPINGS AND CHICKEN POOP |
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36. What is another name of histoplasmosis? |
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37. _____ is a fungal condition found in the desert areas of the south-western united states. It causes a systemic infection of the lungs, joints, and erythema nodosum. |
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38. How is coccidiomycosis transmitted? |
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39. What is another name of coccidiomycosis? |
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40. _____ is a fungal condition that affects the east coast of the US causing skin, bone and lung infections. |
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41. Blastomyces dermatidis causes this condition in the US. |
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NORTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS |
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42. _____ is a fungus that is common in Latin America. It has spores with multiple buds like the spokes of a wheel, and it causes mouth and nose ulcerations. |
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PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILENSIS |
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43. Paracoccidioides brasilensis causes this condition in Latin America. |
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SOUTH AMERICA BLASTOMYCOSIS |
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44. _____ is an opportunistic fungi that lives on decaying vegetation. It causes fungal balls in lungs of immunocompromised patients. |
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45. _____ is an opportunistic fungi found in bird droppings that causes pneumonia, meningitis, and brain abscesses in immunocompromised patients. |
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46. Indian ink preparation of Cryptococcus neoformans shows _____. |
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47. _____ is an opportunistic fungi that causes severe systemic infections in HIV/AIDS patients. |
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48. Candida albicans causes _____ which presents with a severe sore throat and dysphagia. |
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49. Candida albicans shows _____ and _____ on tissue scrapings. |
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PSEUDOHYPHAE, BUDDING YEASTS |
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50. _____ is an opportunistic fungi that causes pneumonia with a ground glass appearance on chest x-rays of HIV/AIDS patients. |
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