ch8: disease causing fungi pathogen-disease

Question 1

path: aspergillus famigatus

Answer 1

disease: aspergillosis

Question 2

path: candida albicans

Answer 2

disease: candidiasis (thrush, vaginal yeast infection)

Question 3

path: cryptococcus neoformans

Answer 3

disease: cryptococcosis

Question 4

path: trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton tonsurans (dermatophytes)

Answer 4

disease: ringworm

Question 5

path: histoplasmosis capsulatum

Answer 5

disease: histoplasmosis

Question 6

path: pneumocystis jirovecii, pneumocystis carinii

Answer 6

disease: pneumocystis pneumonia