Micro - Fungi

Question 1

Mississippi and Ohio River Valley

Found in bird/bat droppings

Causative agent?

Causes what?

Answer 1

Histoplasmosis

Mediastinal Hilar Lymphadenopathy pneumonia

Question 2

Mississippi River Valley and Central America

Broad-based budding yeast

Causes what?

Answer 2

Blastomycosis

Granulomatous nodules and inflammatory lung disease that disseminates to skin and bone