fungi who gets it

Question 1

if in areas that drain into the Mississippi river.

Answer 1

Histoplasma capsulatum and blastomyces dermatitidis

Question 2

SW US and northern mexico

Answer 2

Coccidioides immitis (esp AIDs pts)

Question 3

in contact w bird and bat droppings (cave exploring or cleaning chicken coups

Answer 3

Histoplasma capsulatum

Question 4

in soil and rotted wood

Answer 4

• blastomyces dermatitidis

- Phialophora and cladosporium

Question 5

those wearing shoes

Answer 5

Tinea pedis (athletes foot) from Dermatophytoses
-bc req warmth and moisture

Question 6

scalp of children

Answer 6

Tinea capitis from Dermatophytoses

Question 7

gardeners working w rose thorns

Answer 7

sporotrichosis from Sporothrix schenckii

Question 8

neutropenic from chemo

Answer 8

Aspergillosis from Aspergillus fumigatus

Question 9

high doses of steroids for GVH dz

Answer 9

Aspergillosis from Aspergillus fumigatus

Question 10

AIDS pts that have a count less than 50.

Answer 10

Aspergillosis from Aspergillus fumigatus

Question 11

Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, but some cases in the Pacific Northwest US

Answer 11

cryptococcosis from Crytococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii

Question 12

pigeon droppings

Answer 12

cryptococcosis from Crytococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii

Question 13

people who develop acidosis like diabetics

Answer 13

zygomycosis from Mucormycosis

Question 14

burn pts

Answer 14

zygomycosis from Mucormycosis

Question 15

people taking the iron chelator deferoxamine

Answer 15

zygomycosis from Mucormycosis

Question 16

those taking steroids

Answer 16

Nocardia asteroids