| Question | Answer | Additional information |
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| Apical lung fungal ball | |
| Bone fungal infections | |
| Rapid O2 desaturation upon exertion. Life threatening pneumonia in AIDS. Ubiquitous | |
| Ring worm | |
| Bone marrow recipients/leukemic pts. mucormycosis | |
| Risk factor for yeast infection | |
| Dose dependent Candida strain | |
| Diabetic mucormycosis | |
| Side effects are: Shake and Bake (fever chills, headache, nausea, vomiting) mediated through release of prostaglandin E. Renal toxicity is closely watched. | |
| Strain of cryptococcus that hits immunecompromised | |
| Antifungal to treat fungal UTI's and has CSF penetration. Great pharmacokinetics.Treats coccidioides. | |
| Never use this for diagnosis of cryptococcus | |
| Drug with multiple double bonds and intercalates into fungal plasma membranes creating lytic pores | |
| erythema nodosum, hilar adenopathy. Apical cavitary disease. Dark skin and pregnancy are risk factors. Meningitis = Tx for life | |
| Tx for histoplasmosis, spirotrichosis, and blastomyces. Taken with food/coca cola. Side effects: Adrenal excess (edema, hypertension, hypokalemia) nausea, vomiting. Long term - per | |
| Pseudo membrane in oropharynx - thrush. | |
| Narrow base budding | |
| Jock Rot 'well demarcated line' | |
| Tx for cryptococcus meningitis (Abv.) | |
| Anti-fungal with Side effects of adrenal Insufficiency and hepatic necrosis. Needs gastric acid for absorption | |
| Immunecompromised w/ old dressings or IVs mucormycosis | |
| Need to suppliment with potassium, magnesium and EPO because of its renal toxicity. | |
| Serology is great and should ALWAYS be followed | |
| Low Alkaline phosphatase, LDH less than 300, Leukocytopenia. Diagnosed via urine serology | |
| Arizona/mexico border, Confussion/meningitis | |
| right angle hyphae | |
| Anti-fungal with 3 fluorides. Tx for aspergillus. S/E - Bone pain, alteration in electroretinogram, increased alkaline phos, periostitis, Visual scatoma. Multiple drug interactions | |
| Skinny white male with COPD gets this fungal infection. pneumoia pericarditis, adrenal disease, adenocarcinoma like bowel lesions | |
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| HIV Finger nail infection | |
| Strain of cryptococcus on the west coast and hits non-immuncompromised | |
| Tx for Zygomycetes | |
| Drug that is concentrated in the skin. Side effect is a loss of taste. Effective against dimorphic fungi in nails and skin | |
| When in serum grows pseudohyphae. Retinal presentations | |
| Antifungal drug whose mechanism is similar to that of penicillin to bacteria. Tx for candida and aspergillus. | |
| Massive laryngeal mass causing obstruction - South americam agricultural worker | |
| Broad base budding, In soil. Great lakes. Beavers. Hits Normal immune systems. Fisherman, campers, hunters | |
| Bind to fungal heme iron in cytochrome P-450 | |
| Serology is terrible and is often false positive for histoplasmosis | |
| MCC of fungal meningitis in AIDS pts. Pidgeon poop. | |
| diaper rash | |
| DNA synthesis inhibitor. Goes to the CNS. Can Cause hemorrhagic colitis and pancytopenia | |
| Fungal infection causing baldness | |
| prophylaxis for pneumocystis and toxoplasmosis | |
| Halo sign, wedge shaped pulmonary emboli infarct, immune compromised | |
| Verrucous/warty skin lesions in cooler areas (tip of nose, fingers) | |
| Distal finger nail infection | |
| Parental drug addict mucormycosis | |
| Treats ring worm and nail infections. Inhibits nucleic acid synthesis | |
| Intracellular fungus, Spelunking, prisons, chicken coops | |
| Athletes foot | |
| HIV, Thailand, Red pigment | |
| Ubiquitous with hyphae branching at acute angles | |
| Fungal infection that runs along lymphatic vessel. Rose growers disease | |
| Dx stain for Cryto | |
| candida strain resistant to azoles | |
| Drug addict, diabetic w/ ketoacidosis, Bone transplant recipient, Renal Failure. Black necrosis of the ororpharynx. Rapid presentation | |
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