With cryptococcus - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV Infection) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is defined as the most severe form of a continuum of illnesses associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. HIV belongs to a group of viruses known as retroviruses. These viruses carry their genetic material in the form of ribonucleic acid (RNA) rather than deoxyribonucleic acid. Infection with HIV occurs when it enters the host CD4+ (T) cell and causes this cell to replicate vir...

NR 565 / NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam Study Guide | Chamberlain College Drug Pharmacodynamic Pharmacotherapeutics Clinical use Drug interactions Adverse drug reactions spectrum Dosing and monitoring education Antimycobacterials, isonziad TB therapy. Interferes with lipid and nucleic biosynthesis, inhibit synthesis of mycolic acids. Needs combined thearpy Genetics – how metabolized in liver. Careful with alcohol intake, drug abuse, pregnant, neuropathy. TB – four drug therapy. Alcoh...

adenoviruses - Cold, sore throat pink eye Human Close contact, airborne, contaminated surfaces Horizontal Virus arboviruses - Arthropod- borne virus Arthropods (Mosquito, ticks, etc.) Insect bites Horizontal and vertical Virus Aspergillus - Aspergillosis Environment Airborne to immunocompromised people Horizontal Fungi Bacillus anthracis - Anthrax Humans, animals, and soil Close contact or contaminated food Horizontal Bacteria Bordetella pertussis - Pertussis/whooping coughHu...

What are some things that may predispose an animal to upper respiratory disease? - Allergies Facial structure Stress Immune compromise Trauma Dental disease Season List the protective mechanisms in the airway - Mucus Cilia Mucociliary escalator Coughing/sneezing Innate immunity What are the primary phagocytes of the respiratory system? - Alveolar macrophages Most bacterial infections in the lower respiratory tract are usually preceded by what? - viral infections With second...

NUR257 Exam 1 Questions And Answers A pediatric client is recovering from an anaphylactic reaction to an allergen. In the first assessment, the client presents with a periorbital accumulation of blood, a common occurrence in children. What type of allergic reaction presents "allergic shiners"? type II type I type IV type III - ANSWER- type I The nurse reviews laboratory results requested to track HIV. What laboratory test measures HIV RNA levels and is the best predictor of HIV disea...

For which clinical specimens is the Potassium hydroxide direct mount technique for examination of fungal cultures? - Skin The India ink stain is used as a presumptive test for the presence of which organism? - Cryptococcus neoformans in CSF Cutaneous disease involving skin, hair and nails usually indicates an infection with a: - Dermatophyte What is the first step to be performed in the identification of an unknown yeast isolate? - Germ tube test An isolate produced a construction that wa...

An organism identified as Cryptococcus species can be accurately identified as Cryptococcus neoformans using which of the following characteristics? - Positive urease test - Presence of a capsule - Positive phenol oxidase test - Appearance of yellow colonies - Answer Positive phenol oxidase test Consider the following results on an isolate from a CSF specimen, growing on cornmeal agar: Blastospores = +, Pseudohyphae = -, Chlamydospores = -, Arthrospores = - Which of the following tes...

Mycology/Parasitology/Virology Sporothrix schneckii - correct answer dimorphic, subcutaneous infection (sporotrichosis); lymph and pulmonary infections. Known as rose gardener's disease. Come from rose thorns and contact with sphagnum moss. Grow as small yeast. May be seen in segmented neutrophils and are Cigar Shaped. Coccidiodes immitis (systemic) - correct answer valley fever, infection of lungs, bones, joints, skin, lymph nodes, CNS, and adrenal glands. Acute or chronic and self-limitin...

USMLE(correct answers 100% )already passed!what cell takes up bacteria from the ileum and present antigen to immune cells M cell on peyer patch that will then secrete IgA what is the histology of hashimoto tyroiditis follicular destruction and germinal center formation what fungi is seen with mucicarmine staining cryptococcus neoformans what is the defect in osteogenesis imperfecta type 1 collage osteoid production by osteoblast what findings will you see in oste...

Antifungal Pharmacotherapeutics (Ans- Drug interactions: Multiple due to CYP 450 3A4 inhibition. -Sensitivity-Azoles (broad spectrum): Candida, Cryptococcus species, endemic mycoses, dermatophytes -itraconazole, posaconazole, voriconazole: Aspergillus species -Itraconazole: histoplasmosis and blastomycosis -posaconazole: prophy of BMT pts and for infection refractory to other agents -Terbinafine: onychomycosis (fungus of nails) --off-label for tinea pedis (ring work of feet athlete's foot),...