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| **'''''Thiabendazole''''' | | **'''''Thiabendazole''''' |
| ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | <br> |
| + | ==<font color="purple">Blastomycosis</font>== |
| + | {| border="3" cellpadding="8" |
| + | !width="400"|'''Question''' |
| + | !width="400"|'''Answer''' |
| + | !width="150"|'''Article''' |
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| + | |<big>'''Describe the pathogenesis of a blastomycosis infection?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Respiratory infection''''' |
| + | *'''''Lesions start in the lungs''''' |
| + | *'''''Haematogenous dissemination''''' |
| + | *'''''Can be found in lesions in the eyes, brain, bones, skin and genitalia''''' |
| + | *'''''Fatal if not treated''''' |
| + | *'''''Skin lesions may ulcerate forming granulomatous nodules''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What do colonies look like on Blood agar?''' |
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| + | *'''''Cream coloured''''' |
| + | *'''''Waxy''''' |
| + | *'''''Crinkled''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar?''' |
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| + | *'''''Grey coloured''''' |
| + | *'''''Moist''''' |
| + | *'''''White cotton-like mycelium which turns tan, brown and then black''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''How would you diagnose an infection?''' |
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| + | *'''''Clinical signs''''' |
| + | *'''''Complement fixation test''''' |
| + | *'''''ELISA''''' |
| + | *'''''Counterimmunoelectrophoresis''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''How would you treat an infection?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Amphotericin B''''' |
| + | *'''''Imidazoles''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
| |} | | |} |
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