14. Fungal infections

Question 1

2 feutures of systemic fungi?

Answer 1

dimorphic

confined to specific locations

Question 2

fungi found in great lakes, ohio/missisipi valleys and south east?

Answer 2

Blastomyces dermatididis

Question 3

wc fungi looks like a broad based yeast?

Answer 3

Blastomyces dermatididis

Question 4

wt fungi causes skin and bone lesions that can be misdiagnosed for carcinoma?

Answer 4

B dermatididis

Question 5

fungi found in mid ohio and missisipi river valleys?

3 associations?

Answer 5

histoplasmosis capsulatum
birds
bats
soil

Question 6

fungi that looks like a small yeast?

Answer 6

histoplasmosis capsulatum

Question 7

fungi endemin in south west?

Answer 7

Coccidiodomycosis pasadasii

Question 8

fungi looking like spherule? wt can be misdiagnoes for?

Answer 8

coccidiodomycosis

toxoplasma gondii

Question 9

fungi that is a great imitator of syphillis and typhoid?

Answer 9

coccidiodomycosis

Question 10

fungi looking like pilots wheel?

Answer 10

paracoccidiodes brasiliensis

Question 11

fungi w mucocutaneous lesions of the face?

Answer 11

paracoccidiodomycosis

Question 12

fungi w lymph node involvement?

Answer 12

paracoccidiodomycosis

Question 13

fungi that can mimic cavitary TB?

Answer 13

chronic histoplasmosis

Question 14

wt does acute B dermatidisis infection mimic?

chronic?

Answer 14

bacterial pneumonia

TB or lung cancer

Question 15

fungus associated w india ink and capsule?

Answer 15

cryptococcus neoforms

Question 16

cup shaped fungus and stains methanamine?

Answer 16

pneumocytitis jirovecii

Question 17

non-dimorphic mold w septate?

Answer 17

Aspergillus hyphae