FUNGAL INFECTIONS (OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS: ASPERGILLOSIS)

Question 1

CONCEPT

Answer 1

SECOND MOST COMMON FUNGAL INFECTION PATIENTS HAVING CHEMOTHERAPY AFTER CANDIDIASIS

Question 2

FUNGAL INFECTION

Answer 2

• NONINVASIVE AND INVASIVE FORMS
• NONINVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS AFFECTS A NORMAL HOST/INVASIVE INFECTION IS OFTEN EVIDENT IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS

Question 3

ORAL LESIONS

Answer 3

NECROTIC ULCERATIONS (DARK GRAY PSEUDOMEMBRANES ON GINGIVA/HARD PALATE)

Question 4

TREATMENT

Answer 4

SYSTEMIC AMPHOTERICIN B