Match the organisms with its characteristics in the columns 1 - 4 Organisms 3 Trichosporon spp. 4 Candida albicans 2 Malassezia furfur 1 Cryptococcus neoformans Characteristics Polysaccharide capsule Spaghetti and meatball morphologic appearance piedra Creamy, white patches The agency that provides documents and sets Laboratory Standards Institute standards for antifungal susceptibility testing is the: (CLSI) The Reference Method for Broth Dilution Microdilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi; Approved Standard (M38-A) describes the guidelines for antifungal susceptibility testing for molds. The suspension must be standardized with a spectrophotometer. Susceptibility testing is determined by which method? A patient is diagnosed with an amphotericin B invasive infection. The antifungal Aspergillosis therapy that should be administered is: A patient who is positive for the human Griseofulvin is not effective immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is diagnosed with against therefore C. neoformans; a infection. The attending the therapy should be changed Cryptococcus neoformans resident prescribed Griseofulvin; however, the patient’s condition did not seem to improve. Which one of the following statements explains this discrepancy? Know the Antifungal agent with its mode of action a. Alters membrane permeability Amphotericin B b. Binds microtubular proteins Griseofulvin c. Inhibits protein synthesis 5-Fluorocytosine d. Is a glucan synthesis inhibitor Echinocandin e. Interferes with ergosterol e. Azole synthesis If a virus is referred to as naked, it means it lacks Envelope which structure? The function of the glycoprotein spike on some stabilize attachment for the lipid viruses is to envelope Some viruses have the ability to stimulate Papilloma uncontrolled growth of the host cells, resulting in cancer. Which virus has oncogenic properties?
Match the organisms with its characteristics in the columns 1 - 4 Organisms Trichosporon spp. 3 Candida albicans 4 Malassezia furfur 2 Cryptococcus neoformans 1 Characteristics Polysaccharide capsule Spaghetti and meatball morphologic appearance piedra Creamy, white patches The agency that provides documents and sets standards for antifungal susceptibility testing is the: Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) The Reference Method for Broth Dilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi; Approved Standard (M38-A) describes the guidelines for antifungal susceptibility testing for molds. The suspension must be standardized with a spectrophotometer. Susceptibility testing is determined by which method? Microdilution A patient is diagnosed with an invasive Aspergillosis infection. The antifungal therapy that should be administered is: amphotericin B A patient who is positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is diagnosed with a Cryptococcus neoformans infection. The attending resident prescribed Griseofulvin; however, the patient’s condition did not seem to improve. Which one of the following statements explains this discrepancy? Griseofulvin is not effective against C. neoformans; therefore the therapy should be changed Know the Antifungal agent with its mode of action Amphotericin B Griseofulvin 5-Fluorocytosine Echinocandin e. Azole a. Alters membrane permeability b. Binds microtubular proteins c. Inhibits protein synthesis d. Is a glucan synthesis inhibitor e. Interferes with ergosterol synthesis If a virus is referred to as naked, it means it lacks which structure? Envelope The function of the glycoprotein spike on some viruses is to stabilize attachment for the lipid envelope Some viruses have the ability to stimulate uncontrolled growth of the host cells, resulting in cancer. Which virus has oncogenic properties? Papilloma