Fungi

Question 1

organism that causes athlete’s foot (tinea pedis)

Which fungal infection leads to superficial skin disease?

Answer 1

Trichophyton

Question 2

What do you use to treat dermatophytosis caused by epidermophyton & micropsporum ?

Answer 2

Griseofulvin

Question 3

Which fungus causes cerebral/brain infarct?

Answer 3

Mucormycosis

cryptococcus/ aspergillus

Question 4

Aflatoxin is produced by?

Answer 4

Aspegillus

Question 5

Celll immunity is most important for?

Answer 5

Intracellular parasite

Question 6

Which one can be seen as an intracellular organism?

Disemminated fungi

Which pathogen causes granulomatous lesions in lung resembling TB?

What doesn’t cause mucosal or epidermal rash?

Answer 6

Histoplasmosis

Question 7

in infected tissues, yeast cells of histoplasmosis are found within?

Answer 7

Macrophages

Question 8

What doesn’t give you granulomas?

Answer 8

Gonorrhea

Question 9

What is an avian/bird related fungi?

Answer 9

Histoplasma capsulatum

Question 10

What’ the most common cause of fungal meningitis?

Answer 10

D. Cryptococcosis

Question 11

Which fungal organisms ARE in soil?

Answer 11

1. Asperpgillus
2. Blastomycosis
3. Histoplasma
4. Coccidioides
5. Cryptococcus neoformans