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==<font color="black">Adiaspiromycosis</font>==
|linkpage =Systemic Mycoses
 
|linktext =SYSTEMIC MYCOSES
 
|sublink1 =Flash Cards - WikiBugs
 
|subtext1 =WIKIBUGS FLASHCARDS
 
|pagetype =Bugs
 
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==<font color="purple">Adiaspiromycosis</font>==
 
 
<FlashCard questions="2">
 
<FlashCard questions="2">
 
|q1=What is the pathogenesis of an adiaspiromycosis infection?
 
|q1=What is the pathogenesis of an adiaspiromycosis infection?
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<br>
 
<br>
  
==<font color="purple">Aspergillosis</font>==
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==<font color="black">Aspergillosis</font>==
 
<FlashCard questions="6">
 
<FlashCard questions="6">
|q1=Fill in the missing words about aspergillosis infections: Aspergiollosis is found <font color="white">'''''worldwide'''''</font>. It is widely present in <font color="white">'''''nature'''''</font> and can colonise a <font color="white">'''''wide'''''</font> range of substrates under <font color="white">'''''different'''''</font> environmental conditions. It is abundant in <font color="white">'''''hay, straw'''''</font> and <font color="white">'''''grain'''''</font> which have <font color="white">'''''heated'''''</font> during storage.
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|q1=<small>Fill in the missing words about aspergillosis infections:  
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<br />Aspergiollosis is found _____. It is widely present in _____ and can colonise a _____ range of substrates under _____ environmental conditions. It is abundant in ______ and ______ which have ______ during storage.
 
|a1=Aspergiollosis is found worldwide. It is widely present in nature and can colonise a wide range of substrates under  different> environmental conditions. It is abundant in hay, straw and grain which have heated during storage.
 
|a1=Aspergiollosis is found worldwide. It is widely present in nature and can colonise a wide range of substrates under  different> environmental conditions. It is abundant in hay, straw and grain which have heated during storage.
 
|l1=Aspergillosis
 
|l1=Aspergillosis
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*Thiabendazole
 
*Thiabendazole
 
|l6=Aspergillosis
 
|l6=Aspergillosis
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</FlashCard>
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<br>
  
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==<font color="black">Blastomycosis</font>==
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<FlashCard questions="5">
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|q1=Describe the pathogenesis of a blastomycosis infection?
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|a1=
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*Respiratory infection
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*Lesions start in the lungs
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*Haematogenous dissemination
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*Can be found in lesions in the eyes, brain, bones, skin and genitalia
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*Fatal if not treated
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*Skin lesions may ulcerate forming granulomatous nodules
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|l1=Blastomycosis
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|q2=What do colonies look like on Blood agar?
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|a2=
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*Cream coloured
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*Waxy
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*Crinkled
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|l2=Blastomycosis
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|q3=What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar?
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|a3=
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*Grey coloured
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*Moist
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*White cotton-like mycelium which turns tan, brown and then black
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|l3=Blastomycosis
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|q4=How would you diagnose an infection?
 +
|a4=
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*Clinical signs
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*Complement fixation test
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*ELISA
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*Counterimmunoelectrophoresis
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|l4=Blastomycosis
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|q5=How would you treat an infection?
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|a5=
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*Amphotericin B
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*Imidazoles
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|l5=Blastomycosis
 
</FlashCard>
 
</FlashCard>
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
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==<font color="black">Coccidioidomycosis</font>==
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<FlashCard questions="3">
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|q1=What environmental conditions does ''Coccidioides immitis'' prefer?
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|a1=
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*Arid
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*Dusty
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*E.g. Mexico and the South-Western USA
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|l1=Coccidioidomycosis
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|q2=Describe the pathogenesis of coccidiomycosis infections?
 +
|a2=
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*Respiratory infection
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*Causes localised nodules and granulomas
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*Lesions usually seen in the mediastinal lymph nodes and lungs
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*Dissemination can occur to the lungs, liver, spleen, brain and bones
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|l2=Coccidioidomycosis
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|q3=How would you diagnose an infection?
 +
|a3=
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*Clinical signs
 +
*Complement fixation test
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*Latex agglutination
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*Immunodiffusion
 +
*A positive skin test indicates exposure
 +
|l3=Coccidioidomycosis
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</FlashCard>
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<br>
  
==<font color="purple">Blastomycosis</font>==
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==<font color="black">Entomophthoromycisus</font>==
{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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<FlashCard questions="2">
!width="400"|'''Question'''
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|q1=What clinical signs present with an infection of entomophthoromycisus?
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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|a1=
!width="150"|'''Article'''
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*Ulcerative granulomas in subcutaneous tissue
|-
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*Large lesions affecting the skin on the head, neck and chest which have fistulous tracts extending to the lymph nodes
|<big>'''Describe the pathogenesis of a blastomycosis infection?'''
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|l1=Entomophthoromycisus
||<font color="white"> <big>
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|q2=How would you treat an infection?
*'''''Respiratory infection'''''
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|a2=
*'''''Lesions start in the lungs'''''
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*Surgical excision
*'''''Haematogenous dissemination'''''
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*Amphotericin B
*'''''Can be found in lesions in the eyes, brain, bones, skin and genitalia'''''
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*Ketoconazole
*'''''Fatal if not treated'''''
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|l2=Entomophthoromycisus
*'''''Skin lesions may ulcerate forming granulomatous nodules'''''
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</FlashCard>
||[[Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''What do colonies look like on Blood agar?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Cream coloured'''''
 
*'''''Waxy'''''
 
*'''''Crinkled'''''
 
||[[Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Grey coloured'''''
 
*'''''Moist'''''
 
*'''''White cotton-like mycelium which turns tan, brown and then black'''''
 
||[[Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''How would you diagnose an infection?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Clinical signs'''''
 
*'''''Complement fixation test'''''
 
*'''''ELISA'''''
 
*'''''Counterimmunoelectrophoresis'''''
 
||[[Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''How would you treat an infection?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Amphotericin B'''''
 
*'''''Imidazoles'''''
 
||[[Blastomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
==<font color="purple">Coccidioidomycosis</font>==
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{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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==<font color="black">Histoplasmosis</font>==
!width="400"|'''Question'''
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<FlashCard questions="5">
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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|q1=True or False: Histoplasmosis infections occur solely through ingestion of fungal spores?
!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|a1=
|-
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*False
|<big>'''What environmental conditions does ''Coccidioides immitis'' prefer?'''
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*Infection is through both ingestion and respiratory
||<font color="white"> <big>
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|l1=Histoplasmosis
*'''''Arid'''''
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|q2=Which organs/bodily systems are affected?
*'''''Dusty'''''
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|a2=
*'''''E.g. Mexico and the South-Western USA'''''
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*Reticuloendothelial
||[[Coccidioidomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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*Pulmonary
|-
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*Intestinal
|<big>'''Describe the pathogenesis of coccidiomycosis infections?'''
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|l2=Histoplasmosis
||<font color="white"> <big>
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|q3=Histoplasma capsulatum are found intracellularly in which type of cell?
*'''''Respiratory infection'''''
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|a3=
*'''''Causes localised nodules and granulomas'''''
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*Macrophages
*'''''Lesions usually seen in the mediastinal lymph nodes and lungs'''''
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|l3=Histoplasmosis
*'''''Dissemination can occur to the lungs, liver, spleen, brain and bones'''''
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|q4=How would you diagnose an infection?
||[[Coccidioidomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|a4=
|-
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*Clinical signs
|<big>'''How would you diagnose an infection?'''
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*Complement fixation test
||<font color="white"> <big>
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*Counterimmunoelectrodiffusion
*'''''Clinical signs'''''
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*Immunodiffusion
*'''''Complement fixation test'''''
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*A positive skin test indicates exposure only (not an active infection)
*'''''Latex agglutination'''''
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|l4=Histoplasmosis
*'''''Immunodiffusion'''''
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|q5=How would you treat an infection?
*'''''A positive skin test indicates exposure'''''
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|a5=
||[[Coccidioidomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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*Amphotericin B
|}
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*If Amphotericin B is contra-indicated, imidazoles can be given
 +
*In acute and disseminated cases, the prognosis is poor
 +
|l5=Histoplasmosis
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</FlashCard>
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
==<font color="purple">Entomophthoromycisus</font>==
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==<font color="black">Zygomycosis</font>==
{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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<FlashCard questions="6">
!width="400"|'''Question'''
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|q1=Which fungi cause zygomycosis?
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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|a1=
!width="150"|'''Article'''
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*Mucor
|-
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*Absidia
|<big>'''What clinical signs present with an infection of entomophthoromycisus?'''
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*Rhizopus
||<font color="white"> <big>
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*Mortierella
*'''''Ulcerative granulomas in subcutaneous tissue'''''
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|l1=Zygomycosis
*'''''Large lesions affecting the skin on the head, neck and chest which have fistulous tracts extending to the lymph nodes'''''
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|q2=Describe the general pathogenesis of zygomycosis infections?
||[[Entomophthoromycisus|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|a2=
|-
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*Infection is through inhalation and ingestion
|<big>'''How would you treat an infection?'''
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*Lymph nodes of the repiratory and ailimentary tract are infected
||<font color="white"> <big>
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*Lymph nodes enlarge and become caseous
*'''''Surgical excision'''''
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*Causes stomach and intestinal ulcers
*'''''Amphotericin B'''''
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*Lesions are usually localised (can become generalised)
*'''''Ketoconazole'''''
+
*Granulomatous lesions can ulcerate
||[[Entomophthoromycisus|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|l2=Zygomycosis
|}
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|q3=Where do lesions occur in pigs?
 +
|a3=
 +
*Mediastinal and submandibular lymph nodes
 +
*Stomach ulcers
 +
*Embolic tumours in the lungs and liver
 +
|l3=Zygomycosis
 +
|q4=Where do lesions occur in cattle?
 +
|a4=
 +
*Mediastinal, bronchial and mesenteric lymph nodes
 +
*Ulcers in the nasal cavity and abomasum
 +
*Can contaminate the placenta
 +
|l4=Zygomycosis
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|q5=True or False: Zygomycosis are common labaratory contaminants?
 +
|a5=
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*True
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|l5=Zygomycosis
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|q6=How would you treat an infection?
 +
|a6=
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*Amphotericin B
 +
*Surgical excision
 +
|l6=Zygomycosis
 +
</FlashCard>
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
==<font color="purple">Histoplasmosis</font>==
 
{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
 
!width="400"|'''Question'''
 
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
 
!width="150"|'''Article'''
 
|-
 
|<big>'''True or False: Histoplasmosis infections occur solely through ingestion of fungal spores'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''False'''''
 
*'''''Infection is through both ingestion and respiratory'''''
 
||[[Histoplasmosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''Which organs/bodily systems are affected?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Reticuloendothelial'''''
 
*'''''Pulmonary'''''
 
*'''''Intestinal'''''
 
||[[Histoplasmosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''Histoplasma capsulatum are found intracellularly in which type of cell?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Macrophages'''''
 
||[[Histoplasmosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''How would you diagnose an infection?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Clinical signs'''''
 
*'''''Complement fixation test'''''
 
*'''''Counterimmunoelectrodiffusion'''''
 
*'''''Immunodiffusion'''''
 
*'''''A positive skin test indicates exposure only (not an active infection)'''''
 
||[[Histoplasmosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''How would you treat an infection?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Amphotericin B'''''
 
*'''''If Amphotericin B is contra-indicated, imidazoles can be given'''''
 
*'''''In acute and disseminated cases, the prognosis is poor'''''
 
||[[Histoplasmosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|}
 
<br>
 
  
==<font color="purple">Zygomycosis</font>==
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[[Category:Systemic Mycoses|Zz]][[Category:Fungi Flashcards]]
{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
 
!width="400"|'''Question'''
 
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
 
!width="150"|'''Article'''
 
|-
 
|<big>'''Which fungi cause zygomycosis?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Mucor'''''
 
*'''''Absidia'''''
 
*'''''Rhizopus'''''
 
*'''''Mortierella'''''
 
||[[Zygomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''Describe the general pathogenesis of zygomycosis infections?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Infection is through inhalation and ingestion'''''
 
*'''''Lymph nodes of the repiratory and ailimentary tract are infected'''''
 
*'''''Lymph nodes enlarge and become caseous'''''
 
*'''''Causes stomach and intestinal ulcers'''''
 
*'''''Lesions are usually localised (can become generalised)'''''
 
*'''''Granulomatous lesions can ulcerate'''''
 
||[[Zygomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''Where do lesions occur in pigs?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Mediastinal and submandibular lymph nodes'''''
 
*'''''Stomach ulcers'''''
 
*'''''Embolic tumours in the lungs and liver'''''
 
||[[Zygomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''Where do lesions occur in cattle?'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Mediastinal, bronchial and mesenteric lymph nodes'''''
 
*'''''Ulcers in the nasal cavity and abomasum'''''
 
*'''''Can contaminate the placenta'''''
 
||[[Zygomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''True or False: Zygomycosis are common labaratory contaminants'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''True'''''
 
||[[Zygomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|-
 
|<big>'''How would you treat an infection'''
 
||<font color="white"> <big>
 
*'''''Amphotericin B'''''
 
*'''''Surgical excision'''''
 
||[[Zygomycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
|}
 

Latest revision as of 13:09, 22 June 2011

Adiaspiromycosis

Question Answer Article
What is the pathogenesis of an adiaspiromycosis infection? Link to Article
Which animals are mostly affected? Link to Article



Aspergillosis

Question Answer Article
Fill in the missing words about aspergillosis infections:


Aspergiollosis is found _____. It is widely present in _____ and can colonise a _____ range of substrates under _____ environmental conditions. It is abundant in ______ and ______ which have ______ during storage.

Link to Article
What are the clinical signs of infection in birds? Link to Article
What do aspergillosis lesions look like in cattle? Link to Article
What diseases does aspergillosis infections cause in horses? Link to Article
What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar? Link to Article
How would you treat an infection of aspergillosis? Link to Article



Blastomycosis

Question Answer Article
Describe the pathogenesis of a blastomycosis infection? Link to Article
What do colonies look like on Blood agar? Link to Article
What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar? Link to Article
How would you diagnose an infection? Link to Article
How would you treat an infection? Link to Article



Coccidioidomycosis

Question Answer Article
What environmental conditions does Coccidioides immitis prefer? Link to Article
Describe the pathogenesis of coccidiomycosis infections? Link to Article
How would you diagnose an infection? Link to Article



Entomophthoromycisus

Question Answer Article
What clinical signs present with an infection of entomophthoromycisus? Link to Article
How would you treat an infection? Link to Article




Histoplasmosis

Question Answer Article
True or False: Histoplasmosis infections occur solely through ingestion of fungal spores? Link to Article
Which organs/bodily systems are affected? Link to Article
Histoplasma capsulatum are found intracellularly in which type of cell? Link to Article
How would you diagnose an infection? Link to Article
How would you treat an infection? Link to Article



Zygomycosis

Question Answer Article
Which fungi cause zygomycosis? Link to Article
Describe the general pathogenesis of zygomycosis infections? Link to Article
Where do lesions occur in pigs? Link to Article
Where do lesions occur in cattle? Link to Article
True or False: Zygomycosis are common labaratory contaminants? Link to Article
How would you treat an infection? Link to Article