micro: fungi!

Question 1

within macrophage, dimorphic

Answer 1

histoplasmosis

Question 2

broad-based budding with granulomatous nodules, dimorphic

Answer 2

blastomycosis

Question 3

spherule filled with endospores

Answer 3

coccidioidomycosis

Question 4

budding yeast with captain’s wheel, dimorphic

Answer 4

paracoccidioidomycosis

Question 5

branching septate hyphae visible on KOH preparation iwth blue fungal stain

Answer 5

dermatophytes

Question 6

yeast like fungus with spaghetti and meatballs appearance

Answer 6

tinea versicolor

Question 7

what are teh dermatophytes

Answer 7

microsporum, trichophyton, epidermophyton

Question 8

dimorphic, forms pseudohyphae and budding yeasts at 20, germ tubes at 37

Answer 8

candida albicans

Question 9

septate hyphae that branch at 45 acute angle

Answer 9

aspergillus

Question 10

narrow budding, heavily encapsulated yeast - not dimorphic

Answer 10

cryptococcus

Question 11

soap bubble lesions in brain

Answer 11

cryptococcus

Question 12

irregular, broad, nonseptate hyphae branching at wide angles

Answer 12

mucor and rhizopus

Question 13

disc shaped yeast on methenamine silver stain - diffuse interstitial pneumonia

Answer 13

penumocystis jirovecii

Question 14

cigar shaped budding yeast that grows in branching hyphae with rosettes of conidia

Answer 14

sporothrix schenckii