3: Fungal Infection

Question 1

What does candida albicans cause

Answer 1

Oral and vaginal thrush

Question 2

What does aspergillum fumigatus cause

Answer 2

Invasive aspergillosis

Question 3

What does pneumocystitis jirovecci cause

Answer 3

PCP pneumonia

Question 4

What does cryptococcus neoformans cause

Answer 4

Diarrhoea

Question 5

What are the 3 types of fungal infections in humans

Answer 5

• Yeast
• Mould
• Dimorphic

Question 6

What are diamorphic infections

Answer 6

‘Mould in the cold and yeast in the beast’

Question 7

What are 4 yeasts

Answer 7

• Cryptococci
• Pneumocystitis
• Malassezia
• Candida

Question 8

What is athlete’s foot referred to as

Answer 8

Tinea pedis

Question 9

What is tinea pedis

Answer 9

Dermatophyte infection

Question 10

What causes tinea pedis

Answer 10

Dermatophyte fungi

Question 11

How does tinea pedis present

Answer 11

• Pruritic, erythematous lesions between tones

- Keratotic thickening of palms and soles

Question 12

How is tinea pedis diagnosed

Answer 12

Skin scrapings

Question 13

How is tinea pedis managed

Answer 13

Terbinafine or clotrimazole

Question 14

What is pityriasis versicolor

Answer 14

Benign skin infection occurring in adults during humid weather

Question 15

What causes pityriasis versicolour

Answer 15

• Malassezia globosa

- Malassezia furfur

Question 16

how does pityriasis versicolour present

Answer 16

Well demarcated macules on trunk and chest

Question 17

how do lesions present in pityriasis versicolour

Answer 17

hyper or hypo-pigmented

Question 18

how is pityriasis versicolour managed

Answer 18

topical ketoconazole