Fungi

Question 1

Three types of tinea pedis

Answer 1

Interdigital
Mocassin distribution
Vesicular

Question 2

Inflammatory lung disease with granulomatous nodules

Answer 2

Blastomycosis

Question 3

Erythematous scaling lesions with central clearing

Answer 3

Tinea corporis

ringworm

Question 4

Spaghetti and meatballs appearance

Answer 4

Tinea versicolor

Question 5

Culture on Sabouraud agar

Answer 5

Cryptococcus neoformans

Question 6

Systemic mycosis more in Latin America

Answer 6

Paracoccidiomycosis

Question 7

Rhinocerebral, frontal lobe asbscess

Answer 7

Mucormycosis (rhyzor, mucor)

Question 8

Associated with hepatocellular carcinoma

Answer 8

Aflatoxin producing Aspergillus

Question 9

Soil, pigeon droppings

Answer 9

Cryptococcus neoformans

Question 10

Penetrate cribriform plate

Answer 10

Mucormycosis (rhyzor, mucor)

Question 11

Diffuse, bilateral ground-glass appearance on CXR

Answer 11

Pneumocystis jirovecii

NOT diagnosed radiographically
Do Lung biopsy or lavage

Question 12

Damage of melanocytes caused by what

Answer 12

(seen in tinea versicolor)

degradation of lipids –> produces acids

Question 13

Allergic reaction associated with asthma and cystic fibrosis

Answer 13

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

Question 14

Dermatophyte genera

Answer 14

Microsporum
Trichophyton
Epidermophyton

Question 15

Invasive aspergillosis seen in

Answer 15

immunocompromised

chronic granulomatous disease

Question 16

Systemic mycosis seen in SW America and California

Answer 16

Coccidiomycosis

Question 17

Rose gardener’s disease

Answer 17

Sporothrix schencki

Question 18

Systemic fungus that does not form yeast

Answer 18

Coccidiomycosis

spherule

Question 19

Soap bubble lesions in brain

Answer 19

Cryptococcus neofromans

Question 20

Systemic mycosis in Missippi and Ohio River valleys

Answer 20

Histoplasmosis

Question 21

Resolved TB infection, resides in lung cavities

Answer 21

Aspergillomas

Question 22

May cause bronchiectasis and eosinophilia

Answer 22

Allergic bronchopumonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

Question 23

Prophylaxis started when CD4+

Answer 23

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Question 24

Cigar-shaped budding yeast

Answer 24

Sporothrix

Question 25

Spherule filled with endospores

Answer 25

Coccidiomycosis

Question 26

Irregular, broad, nonseptate hyphae at wide angles

Answer 26

Mucor and Rhizopus (mucormycosis fungi)

Question 27

Heavily encapsulated yeast

Answer 27

Cryptococcus neoformans

Question 28

Branching septate hyphae with blue fungal stain

Answer 28

Dermatophytes

Question 29

Budding yeast with captain’s wheel formation

Answer 29

Paracoccidiomycosis

Question 30

Septate hyphae that branch at 45 degree angles

Answer 30

Aspergillus

Question 31

Broad-base budding

Answer 31

Blastomycosis

Question 32

Pseudohyphae and budding yeast at 20 degrees

Germ tubes at 37 degrees

Answer 32

Candida

Question 33

Disc-shape yeast

Answer 33

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Question 34

Macrophage filled with yeast

Answer 34

Histoplasmosis