Microbiology - Mycology - Study Guide
AIDS (autoimmune disease syndrome) patients are susceptible to
-tuberculosis -thrush -pneumocystis carnii -cryptococcus neoformans
HIV patients are susceptible to secondary infections. A major problem is meningitis. The "most common cause" of meningitis in AIDS patients is
Cryptococcus neoformans
The fish tapeworm is called
Diphyllobrothium latum
Mycology is defined as the study of
Fungi
Which organism crosses the placenta
Giardia
The Anophele's mosquito causes
Malaria
Enterobius vermicularis causes
Pin worm
The micro-organism in malaria is a/an
Plasmodium
The medium used to culture and check for sensitivity of a fungus in suspected infection is
Sabouraud's
Which of the following organisms crosses the placenta
Toxoplasmosis
Undercooked pork, but mostly bear in the United States, is most likely to pass along as an infection of
Trichinella
A parasite that migrates to the muscle is
Trichinella spiralis
A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is
Trichomoniasis
Entamoeba histolytica causes the disease
amoebic dysentery
Taenia saginata is
beef tapeworm
"Thrush" infection may result from a compromised immune system or the use of broad spectrum antibiotics and is caused by
candidiasis
Ancylostoma caninum causes the disease of
cutaneous larva migrans
A host in which a parasite reproduces sexually is a
definitive host
Wuchereria bancrofti is the causative agent of
elephantitis
A sterol cell membrane component of the fungi and yeasts is
ergosterol
The major membrane component found in the fungus and considered in treatment rational is
ergosterol
Organisms that are normally free living but can also obtain nutrients from a host are called
facultative parasites
The largest organisms on earth is the
fungi
Parasites having both male and female reproductive organs are known as
hermaphrodites
Ascaris lumbricoides
is a very common world wide worm infection
Tinea cruris is commonly known as
jock itch
A 19 year old teenager and her friend go to the beach. Later in the day, her friend remarks that she has "blotches over her shoulders and upper chest area where there is no tan from sunbathing." This would mean that she likely has
malassezia furfur
Histoplasmosis capsulatum can cause flu-like symptoms (fungus flu) to a life-threatening pneumonia. It can result from exposure to
monkeys
Malaria is transmitted by
mosquito -> human
Human fungal diseases are known by the general name
mycoses
An organism that lives at the expense of another organism is called a/an
parasite
Fungus stains are unique. The stain most commonly employed is
potassium hydroxide
Tapeworms consist of a head end and a long chain of hermaphroditic segments, each of which is called a
proglottid
Tinea capitis is
ring worm. appears on the scalp and other areas of the body
Organisms that obtain nutrients from decaying matter are
saprophytes
The proper order of development of Plasmodium in human blood is
sporozoite -> merozoite -> trophozoite
A cat or its litter box is capable of harboring an organism causing the infection of
toxoplasmosis
The forms of malaria showing "relapses" are:
vivax and ovale
