Fungi

Question 1

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Answer 1

Blastomycosis
Ohio and Mississippi river valleys and Great Lakes
Respiratory
dimorphic

Question 2

Coccidioides immitis

Answer 2

Valley Fever
mild lung infection
dimorphic

Question 3

Histoplasma capsulatum

Answer 3

TB-like granulomas if immunosuppressed
Ohio and Mississippi river valleys
dimorphic

Question 4

Candida

Answer 4

Cutaneous, oral, vaginal, or disseminated forms

monomorphic opportunistic fungal pathogen

Question 5

Cryptoccus

Answer 5

usually asymptomatic
pneumonia and dissemination if immunosuppressed
monomorphic opportunistic fungal pathogen

Question 6

Aspergillus

Answer 6

mycetoma in lungs then type I hypersensitivity reaction
monomorphic invasive mold
aflatoxin

Question 7

Tinea/Malassezia

Answer 7

superficial mycoses

cutaneous mycoses

Question 8

Tricophyton

Answer 8

ring worm

Question 9

Sporothrix schenckii

Answer 9

Rose gardner’s disease/sporotrichosis
dimorphic
subcutaneous skin lesions that can go systemic

Question 10

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Answer 10

pneumocystis pneumonia

only a problem if immunosuppressed

Question 11

Murcormycosis

Answer 11

soft and hard tissue necrosis

poorly controlled diabetes