General and Medical Microbiology

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Three categories of human fungal pathogens are...
1) Primary. 2) Opportunistic. 3) Superficial.
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Example of primary mycoses infection....
Histoplasma Capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatidis
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Histoplasma capsulatum is (yeast/hyphal/dimorphic) and can be found in ... and ...... droppings.
Dimorphic. Bat and Pigeon.
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Blastomyces Dermatidis is usually found in ..... ........ and is (yeast/hyphal/dimorphic).
North America and dimorphic.
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Example of opportunistic pathogen...
Aspergillus Sp., Candida Sp., Cryptococcus Neoformans.
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Aspergillus Sp. are part of the .... family of fungi. Candida Sp. cause ....., but can cause ....-.... mycoses in immune-compromised individuals.
Mould. Thrush. deep-seated.
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Example of Superficial pathogens...
Dermatophytes and Candida Sp.
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Dermatophytes include .....-..... (athletes foot) and ring worm infections.
tinea-pedis
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Mycoses on the skin is called...
...Superficial Mycoses.
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Mycoses under the skin is called...
...subcutaneous mycoses.
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Mycoses within one or many organs is called...
...Deep-seated mycoses.
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Polyenes are fungi(cidal/static?), (natural/semi/synthetic) compounds which cause .... structures in membrane by associating with ........... An example of an polyene is ..............
Fungicidal, natural, ergosterol and Amphotericin B.
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Echinocandins are semi-synthetic and work by inhibiting ....................
β-1,3-glucan synthase
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Echinocandins are fungicidal for (aspergillus/candida/c.neoformans), fungistatic for (c.neoformans/candida/aspergillus/) and have no affect on (candida/aspergillus/c.neoformans).
Candida, aspergillus and n.neoformans.
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Treat a superfical mycoses of dermatophytes with
allylamines.
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Treat a superfical mycoses of candida with
azoles
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Treat a systematic mycoses of dermatophytes with
azoles(may have drug-drug interactions), amphotericin B (may be toxic) or echinocandidis (new, IV only and are expensive).
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Example of primary mycoses infection....

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Histoplasma Capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatidis

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Histoplasma capsulatum is (yeast/hyphal/dimorphic) and can be found in ... and ...... droppings.

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Blastomyces Dermatidis is usually found in ..... ........ and is (yeast/hyphal/dimorphic).

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Example of opportunistic pathogen...

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