Mycology

Question 1

spherule

Answer 1

coccidioidomycosis

Question 2

Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys causing pneumonia

Answer 2

Histoplasmosis

Question 3

Bird and Bat Droppings

Answer 3

Histoplasmosis

Question 4

fungi that hides in macrophages

Answer 4

Histoplasmosis

Question 5

Mississippi River and Central America

Answer 5

Blastomycosis

Question 6

broad-base budding

Answer 6

Blastomycosis

Question 7

causes inflammatory lung disease and can disseminate to skin and bone. forms granulomatous nodules.

Answer 7

Blastomycosis

Question 8

San Joaquin Valley Fever

Answer 8

Coccidioidomycosis

Question 9

Spherule filled with endospores

Answer 9

Coccidioidomycosis

Question 10

Can cause “Desert Bumps” - erythema nodosum

or “desert rheumatism” - arthralgias

Answer 10

Coccidioidomycosis

Question 11

budding yeast with “captain’s wheel”

Answer 11

Paracoccidioidomycosis

Question 12

Tinea versicolor is caused by:

Answer 12

Malassezia furfur

Question 13

“sphaghetti and meatball”

Answer 13

Malassezia furfur

Question 14

pseudohyphae and budding yeast at 20C

Answer 14

candida albicans

Question 15

germ tubes at 37C

Answer 15

candida albicans

Question 16

aflatoxins

Answer 16

Aspergillus fumigatus

Question 17

Aspergillus fumigatus can cause what type of cancer?

Answer 17

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 18

Bronchiectasis and eosinophilia

Answer 18

Aspergillus fumigatus

Question 19

septate hyphae that branch at 45 degree angle

Answer 19

Aspergillus fumigatus

Question 20

conidiophore what radiating chains of spores

Answer 20

Aspergillus fumigatus

Question 21

stains with India Ink and Mucicarmine

Answer 21

Cryptococcus neoformans

Question 22

Soap Bubble lesions in the brain

Answer 22

Cryptococcus neoformans

Question 23

pigeon droppings

Answer 23

cryptococcus neoformans

Question 24

fungal infection associated with ketoacidotic diabetic nad leukemia patients

Answer 24

Mucormycosis

Question 25

black necrotic eschar on face

Answer 25

mucormycosis

Question 26

Tx of Mucormycosis

Answer 26

Amphotericin B

Question 27

Disc-shaped yeast on methenamine silver stain

Answer 27

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Question 28

Tx of Pneumocystis jirovecii

Answer 28

TMP-SMX, start prophylaxis when <200 Tcells/mm

Question 29

cigar-shaped budding yeast

Answer 29

Sporothrix Schenckii

Question 30

nodules along draining lymphatics (ascending lymphangitis)

Answer 30

Sporothrix Schenckii