Endemic Mycoses

Question 1

This disease caused are all acquired through inhalation of infectious conidia

Answer 1

Endemic mycoses

Question 2

All lab procedures done on endemic mycoses should be held in?

Answer 2

Biologic safety cabinets

Question 3

Causative agent of North American Balstomycosis

Answer 3

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Question 4

Disease blastomyces dermatitidis is recovered in?

Answer 4

Soil, decaying wood, and other environmental sources

Question 5

The common sites of systemic clinical infection of blastomyces dermatitidis

Answer 5

Liver and spleen

Question 6

Radiographically this disease may resemble tuberculosis, CA, or some other chronic respiratory problem

Answer 6

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Question 7

In direct microscopic examination, blastomyces dermatitidis demonstrates

Answer 7

Double-contoured wall and buds connected by a broad base

Question 8

This causes histoplasmosis

Answer 8

Histoplasma capsulatum

Question 9

This organism resides on soil with high nitrogen content

Answer 9

Histoplamosis / histoplasma capsulatum

Question 10

At what temperature does blastomyces dermatitidis produces broad-based yeast form?

Answer 10

37c

Question 11

Specimen used for blastomyces dermatitidis

Answer 11

First morning sputum, bronchial washing

Question 12

Also known as histoplasmosis

Answer 12

Reticuloendothelial cytomycosis, cave disease, spelunker’s disease, darling disease

Question 13

This disease is seen in places that are heavily contaminated with bird and bat guano

Answer 13

Hisplasmosis

Question 14

This may be seen commonly within monocytes and macrophages occurring in significant numbers

Answer 14

Histoplasmosis

Question 15

This is the most virulent of all mycotic agents

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Coccidiodes immitis / coccidiodomycosis

Question 16

The strong specificity immunity of coccidiodomycosis is detectable by?

Answer 16

Coccidioidin skin test

Question 17

Sperules are produce by conversion of the

Answer 17

Inhaled barrel-shaped arthroconidia

Question 18

At 25c incubation what does coccidiodomycosis produces?

Answer 18

Hyaline arthroconidia

Question 19

Hyaline arthroconidia are separated by

Answer 19

Disjunctor cells

Question 20

This causes paracoccidiodomycosis

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Paracoccidiodes bradiliensis

Question 21

This disease primary infection is usually asymptomatic but may disseminate leading to formation of ulcerative lesions

Answer 21

Paracoccidiodomycosis

Question 22

What is the characteristic of paracoccidiodomycosis

Answer 22

Narrow bases with multiple buds

Question 23

at 25°C what characteristic does paracoccidiodomycosis produces

Answer 23

Small one-celled conidia

Question 24

A small number of rising buds may give what appearance

Answer 24

Mickey mouse cap