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Question 1

what PRR binds to fungi? what does it bind to?

Answer 1

dectin-1 to glucans

Question 2

what can pathogenic fungi resist

Answer 2

phagocytic killing

Question 3

what are the main risk factors for severe fungal infection

Answer 3

reduced Th1 T-cell immunity or neutropenia

Question 4

most injury experienced from fungal infection is due to…

Answer 4

inflammation

Question 5

which fungi is this

Answer 5

sporothrix schenckii

Question 6

what is chromoblastomycosis

Answer 6

fungal infection of skin that can be caused by pigmented fungi found in soil; the fungi gets implanted by minor trauma to the skin, and it can take years for this to develop. it looks like copper pennies on tissue biopsy

Question 7

what is this

Answer 7

chromoblastomycosis

Question 8

“valley fever” is associated with…

Answer 8

coccidiodomycosis

Question 9

which fungi is associated with hiding in macrophages

Answer 9

histoplasma capsulatum

Question 10

which fungi is associated with forming germ tubes

Answer 10

candidia

Question 11

what is this

Answer 11

candida germ tubes in heat

Question 12

what is this

Answer 12

candida pseudohyphae in cold

Question 13

what is the emerging form of candida

Answer 13

candida auris; it is a healthcare-associated infection

Question 14

what is this

Answer 14

pneumocystis jirovecii

Question 15

what is this

Answer 15

cryptococcus neoformans

Question 16

what is this

Answer 16

cryptococcus neoformans in india ink

Question 17

what is the emerging form of cryptococcus

Answer 17

cryptococcus gattii; pacific northwest

Question 18

what is this

Answer 18

aspergillus

Question 19

what is this

Answer 19

mucormycosis