Septate and Phaeoid Saprophytes

Question 1

 can be recovered from almost any source, they are primarily implicated in chronic fungal sinusitis.

Answer 1

alternaria

Question 2

 The disease is often misdiagnosed and patients are often treated for an extended period for bacterial sinusitis.

Answer 2

alternaria

Question 3

 The infection rarely spreads beyond the sinuses in immunocompetent hosts but can be found systemically in those with immune suppression.

Answer 3

alternaria

Question 4

found worldwide on grasses and leaves.

Answer 4

alternaria

Question 5

 are rare but have been traced to contaminated dialysis lines, catheters, and similar devices

Answer 5

aureobasidium

Question 6

 This organism may be recovered from blood, tissues, and abscesses

Answer 6

aureobasidium

Question 7

 It is recovered worldwide primarily in wet environments, such as from shower tiles and water lines.

Answer 7

aureobasidium

Question 8

 have been reported in the brains of patients with central nervous system disease.

Answer 8

chaetomium

Question 9

 Several of these patients have been identified as intravenous drug abusers.

Answer 9

chaetomium

Question 10

 These fungi are found in the environment and have a predilection for cellulose products.

Answer 10

chaetomium

Question 11

 An infrequent cause of disease, are primarily recovered as laboratory contaminants

Answer 11

cladosporium

Question 12

 usually implicated in chronic sinusitis in immunocompetent patients

Answer 12

curvularia

Question 13

 Found worldwide, this fungus is frequently recovered from grass, leaves, and decaying vegetation.

Answer 13

curvularia

Question 14

 This genus is among the easiest to identify because of the frequently seen crescent-shaped conidia with three to five cells of unequal size and an enlarged central cell.

Answer 14

curvularia

Question 15

 Disease caused by is usually secondary to traumatic inoculation.

Answer 15

phoma and pithomyces

Question 16

 produce pycnidia, which appear as black fruiting bodies that are globose and lined inside with short conidiophores

Answer 16

phoma

Question 17

are sometimes implicated in subcutaneous infections, usually following traumatic inoculation.

Answer 17

ulocladium