Exam 3 Crossword Study Guide

Cryptococcus gets into the host generally by being ___.

A consipicuous, protruberant scar remaining on the base of a conidium at the point where it seperated from the conidiogenous cell.

Desribes a conidiophore that is sharply bent at one or more places.

This cosmopolitan genus was the etiologic agent of nationwide mycoses, including fungal meningitis, following steroid injections with methylprednisone that was contaminated with this fungus

Synthesis of melanin and production of ___ are two phenotypic traits that have protective effects for Cryptococcus neoformans and induce host damage as virulence factors.

Disappearing rapidly, fugacious. Often used to describe asci which rupture soon after their formation.

Regarding the article "Candida albicans pathogenicity mechanisms"by Mayer FL et al., expression of invasins by C. albicans cells mediates uptake of the fungus by the host cell through induced ___.

Describes a multicellular conidium which has cells not seperated by conventional septa, but rather contained within sacs which have walls distinct from the outer wall of the conidum.

Although Candida albicans can infect several anatomical sites in a host, immune-protection is ___-specific.

Members of this genus are cosmopolitan. Very common saprobe, mostly found in soul, Many species are keratinophiles. Some species may grow on cycloheximide-containing media, and may be confused with dermatophytes or systemic fungi.

This genus contains the etiologic agent of white piedra

True or False: Cryptococcus neoformans is widepread ecologically and able to survive in a variety of natural environemnts.

This Genus is implicated in disseminated infections reported in patients on parentaral (IV) nutrition with lipids. It is also the ET for Tinea Versicolor

Infection of the nails caused by a fungus.

Genus containing the etiologic agent of white-nose syndrome that is decimating several major species of hibernating bat populations.

Mycoses casued by Candida spceies are collectively called ___.

This genus contains the species that is the etiologic agent of the mycosis that produces lesions that physically resemble malignant melanoma.

The teleomorphic states of most non-dematiaceous and dematiaceous fungi we have studies to date belong to this phyla

Candida albicans is predominantly ___ as both a commensal microbe and as an opportunistic pathogen

The etiological agent of the emerging mycosis white-nose syndrome is ___ (aka cold loving)

Located between cells that are in a chain or between hyphal cellular comparements.

This genus is cosmopolitan, hyaline, hyphal and frequent isolated from soil. Certain species are important plant pathogens; others produce toxins in grains and stored feed.

Candida albicans is a predominant cause of fungal ___ (aka hospital-acquired) infections in the United States

True or False: Cryptococcus gatti is considered to be a primary pathogen of immunocompetent indivudals.

A ___ is an infection with an abiotic substrate, interhuman transfer is exceptional (rare)

An empty cell which fragments or lyses, thereby liberating a conidium

Tinea ___ is caused by an endogenous fungus.

Ground maize, used as a fungal medium.

Pear-shaped

Candida albicans may be found as a colonizer of normal skin and ___ in humans and other mammals.