Systemic Tables

Question 1

Avian and bat habitats (guano);
alkaline soil

Answer 1

Histoplasmosis
H. capsulatum

Question 2

Global; endemic in Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi River valleys; central Africa (var. duboisii)

Answer 2

Histoplasmosis
H. capsulatum

Question 3

Oval yeasts, 2 x 4 pm,
intracellular in macrophages

Answer 3

Histoplasmosis
H. capsulatum

Question 4

Soil, rodents

Answer 4

Coccidioidomycosis
C. posadasii or
C. immitis

Question 5

Semiarid regions of southwestern United States, Mexico, Central and South America

Answer 5

Coccidioidomycosis
C. posadasii or
C. immitis

Question 6

Spherules, 10-80 um, containing endospores, 2-4 um

Answer 6

Coccidioidomycosis
C. posadasii or
C. immitis

Question 7

Unknown (riverbanks)

Answer 7

Blastomycosis
B. dermatitidis

Question 8

Mississippi, Ohio and St. Lawrence River valleys; southeastern
United States

Answer 8

Blastomycosis
B. dermatitidis

Question 9

Thick-walled yeasts with broad-based, usually single, buds,
8-15 um

Answer 9

Blastomycosis
B. dermatitidis

Question 10

Unknown (soil)

Answer 10

Paracoccidioidomycosis
P. brasiliensis

Question 11

Central and South America

Answer 11

Paracoccidioidomycosis
P. brasiliensis

Question 12

Large, multiply budding yeasts,
15-30 um

Answer 12

Paracoccidioidomycosis
P. brasiliensis