1.

Mycology
2. Medical Mycology
3. Dematiaceous
4. Imperfect Fungi
5. Perfect Fungi
Definition of Terms 6. Polymoprhic
7. Dimoprhic
8. Thermally Dimorphic
9. Saprophytic
10. Dermatophyte

Major Pre-disposing factors of

fungal Infection
1.
2.
3.

Humans become accidental host

for fungi by
Epidemiology 1.
What phylum and
subphylum are included? 2.
1. 3.
2.
3.
Humans are relatively resistant to
infections caused by fungi except
Produces what? for disease caused by ____
____

Asexual
Reproduction is
by? Must Memorize!
Zygomycota 1. Eukaryotic
2. Thallophytes
Sexual
3. Chitin
Reproduction is
4. Ergosterol
by?
5. Lack Chlorophyl
General 6. Lack of Susceptibility to
Clinically Important Genera Characteristics of Antibacterial Antibiotics
mnemonic: R2MCL Fungi 7. Saprophytic
1. 8. Obligate Aerobes
2. 9. Facultative Aerobes
3. 10. Resistant to Osmotic Pressure
4. 11. Low Moisture Content
5. 12. Less Nitrogen
13. Can metabolize CHO

All exhibit a ____ form but

also exist in a ____ form
Must Know!
1. Nucleus
Asexual Reproduction is by? 2. Mitochondria
3. Cell Wall
4. Cell Membrane
Sexual Fungi vs Bacteria 5. Antibiotic Susceptibility
Reproduction is Botanical Classification 6. Dimorphism
by? 7. Chromosome
8. Sedimentation Coefficient
9. Cultivation
Anamoprh of Pseudallescheria Ascomycota
boydii?
1. Clinically Important Genera
2. mnemonic: MTAPH Colony Appearance?
1.
2.
Teleomoprh of H.
3. Conditions for Growth?
capsulatum?
4.
5.
Identification is based on?
Teleomorph of
Aspergillus? Yeast
Reproduction
1.
Sexual 2.
Reproduction is
by?
Basidiomycota Relate Dimorphism to yeast and
Morphologic Molds
Teleomorph of Cryptococcus Forms of Fungi
neoformans complex
Colony Appearance?

Also known as
Conditions for Growth?

They are characterized

by what structres? Molds Identification is based on?
Deuteromycota 1.
2.
Most resemble?

Discuss and differentiate Aerial

Examples Mycelia and Vegetative Mycelia

Trichophyton infects
1. Aseptate Hyphae is also known as?
Aseptate Hyphae vs
2. Discuss Hyphae vs Septa 1.
Septate Hyphae
3. 2.

Fungal infections involve?

Epidermophyton infects 1. 1. Antler Hyphae
1. 2.
Classification of Fungi
Basic Concepts in 2. Raqcuet Hyphae
2. 3.
Mycology 3. Spiral Hyphae
Superficial/Cutaneous
Mycoses
Microsporum infects?
1. Also known as?
2. Hyaline Hyphae
Pigmentation?
Is there a direct invasion of deeper Discuss Hyaline
tissues? vs Phaeoid
Also known as?
Phaeoid Hyphae
They infect _____ tissues
Hyphae Pigmentation?

Fungal infections involve what

tissue? Use?
1.
2.
3. Stains what?

Masson-Fontana Stain Color of stain on

Is there dissemination to distant
sites? Phaeoid Hyphae

Color of stain on
other term for Causative Agent of
Hyaline Hyphae
Sporothrocosis Sporothrocosis

Fungal Vegetative Portion

1. Subcutaneous Mycoses
2.
Causative Agent Ascus
of Mycetoma
Bacterial Ascospores
1. How many spores
Disease Association
2.
Clinical Classification
Basidium
Causative Agent of
Chromoblastomycosis Sexual Reproduction Sexual Spores Basidiospores
How many spores
Causative Agent of
Phaeohyphomycosis Zygospores
1.
2.
Oospores

Is there dissemination to distant General Morphologic Features of Molds

sites? What are the
Way of producing spores?
spores called?

involves what Disease caused by

fungal phase? H. capsulatum? Simplest type of ____
Disease Association
Arthroconidia
Disease caused by Disjunction Cells
P. brasiliensis
Reproductive Portion
Systemic Mycoses Examples
Agents of systemic fungal 1.
infections include the genera 2.
mnemonic: BEH C PT (BEH Si
Personal Trainer)
Infections caused by these 1. What are the
Way of producing spores?
organisms involve primarily the? 2. spores called?
3. Mycelium
4. Asexual Reproduction
Blastoconidia
5. May elongate to form?
6.
Example

Most commonly Encountered

Genera? Way of producing spores?
mnemonic: ACCZ (accounts)
1.
2. Terminal
3. Opportunistic Mycoses Sessile
4. Intercalary
Chlamydoconidia

Infections occur Asexual stage of?

primarily in?

Example

Produced by? In what way?

Phialides produces?

Annelides produces?

Conidia Plastic Conidiogenesis

Conidiogenesis
Thallic Conidiogenesis

Forms of Microconidia
Microconidia and
1.
Macroconidia
2.