Finals- Fungal Infections

Question 1

What type of inflammation occurs in deep fungal infections?

Answer 1

Granulomatous inflammation

Question 2

What is the causative agent for Histoplasmosis?

Answer 2

Histoplasma capsulatum

Question 3

Histoplasmosis is also known as:

Answer 3

Darling’s disease

Question 4

This fungi came from excreta of birds, pegions, starling, and blackbirds

Answer 4

Histoplasma capsulatum

Question 5

What fungal infection has a clinical manifestation of splenomegaly and hepatomegaly?

Answer 5

Histoplasmosis

Question 6

What is the similarity of histoplasmosis to TB?

Answer 6

Positive (+) histoplasmin skin reaction

Question 7

A patient came into your clinic and upon checking up, you saw an ulcerated area that are covered by nonspecific gray membrane and is indurated with a raised , roll out borders that resembles carcinoma, what is you diagnosis?

Answer 7

Histoplasmosis

Question 8

In a histologic finding, when you see a yeasts inside a macrophage what is your diagnosis?

Answer 8

Histoplasmosis

Question 9

Coccidioidomycosis is also known as:

Answer 9

Valley fever

San Joaquin fever

Question 10

What is the causative agent for valley fever?

Answer 10

Coccidiodes immitis

Question 11

Caused by inhalation of dust contaminated by spores

Answer 11

Coccidioidomycosis

Question 12

What are the 2 basic forms of valley fever?

Answer 12

Primary non-disseminated (self limiting 10-14days)
Progressive disseminated (lead to osteomyelitis)

Question 13

Treatment fo san joaquin fever

Answer 13

Amphotericin B

Question 14

North american blastomycosis is also known as

Answer 14

Gilchrist’s disease

Question 15

What is the causative agent in North american blastomycosis

Answer 15

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Question 16

Gilchrist’s disease is more common in what gender?

Answer 16

Male

Question 17

What do you call the lesion in gilchrist’s disease?

Answer 17

Crateriform lesion

Question 18

Oral lesion of gilchrist’s disease resembles:

Answer 18

Epidermoid carcinoma

Question 19

Oral manifestation of gilchrist’s disease resembles

Answer 19

Actinomycosis

Question 20

Histological feature shows budding of yeast

Answer 20

blastomycosis

Question 21

It is also known as Lutz’s disease or paracoccidioidomycosis

Answer 21

South american histoplasmosis

Question 22

Causative agent of lutz disease

Answer 22

Blastomyces (paracoccidiodes) brasiliensis

Question 23

This type of blastomycosis enter tissues after extraction

Answer 23

South american

Question 24

What is the difference between south and north blastomycosis

Answer 24

Causative agent

Size ( south is larger than north)

Question 25

What is the causative agent if mucormycosis

Answer 25

Mucor

Question 26

This fungal infection is commly seen in immunosuppressed individual

Answer 26

Mucormycosis

Question 27

Pain and swelling precedes ulceration in mucormycosis

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Histological finding shows hyphae

Answer 28

Mucormycosis

Question 29

T or F Lung infection is more lethal than URT infection in mucormycosis

Answer 29

T

Question 30

Treatment for mucormycosis

Answer 30

Amphotericin B Surgical debridement of URT

Question 31

Cyrptococcosis is also known as

Answer 31

Turolosis | European blastomycosis

Question 32

Causative agent of cryptococcosis

Answer 32

Cryptococcus neoformans | Cryptococcus bacillispora

Question 33

This fungal infection is commonly found in malignant lymphoma

Answer 33

Cyptococcosis

Question 34

It occurs in patient with visceral or cutaneous lesions or px with leukemia

Answer 34

Crytococcosis

Question 35

Subcutaneous sporotrichosis is cause by :

Answer 35

Sporothrix schenckii

Question 36

This fungal infection came from contaminated soil and thorny plants

Answer 36

Subcutaneous sporotrichosis

Question 37

Subcutaneous sporotrichosis is difficult to diagnose, what medium should you use to have definitive diagnosis

Answer 37

Saboraud agar

Question 38

Treatment of subcutaneous sporotrichosis

Answer 38

Potassium iodide | Less common with systemic antifungals (ketoconazole)