Microbio - Fungi Flashcards
1
Q
*AIDS person with meningitis
A
Cryptococcus
2
Q
*Water polo player with itchy scaly rash on lateral toe then moved along lateral side of foot
A
Trichophytum rubrum
3
Q
*Pityriasis versicolour (whitening skin marks)
A
Malassezia furfur
4
Q
*Lady came back from visiting her sister in Arizona with systemic sx - fever etc
A
Coccidioides
5
Q
*Man in his 60s with poorly controlled diabetes presents with rapidly progressing periorbital swelling, sinus pain, confusion and sinusitis
A
Rhizopus spp. causing mucormycosis
6
Q
*Mucormycosis trx
A
amphotericin B or posaconazole
7
Q
*Type of serology for invasive Aspergillosis?
A
Galactomannan