Fungi – part 2. (~ 23 min)

• appeared as the patient traveled to the hot, humid climate

Which of the following will be seen on microscopy?

Biopsy shows:

• “captain’s wheel” apperance of budding yeasts (larger than RBC)

Which of the following is a cause?

Which of the following will be seen on biopsy if patient has invasive aspergillosis?

Which of the following best describes Sporothrix microscopy?

Sort pityriasis treatment options:

• black necrotic eschar on face / intranasal

• fever

• facial pain

According to additional symptoms presented below which of the following is a cause?

Biopsy shows:

• pseudohyphae with blastoconidia

Which of the following is a cause?

Biopsy shows:

• Thick-walled spherule filled with endospores in tissue (larger than RBC)

Which of the following is a cause?

• black necrotic eschar on face /  intranasal

• fever

• facial pain

• diabetic ketoacidosis

Describe parthenogenesis of this condition:

Sort diseases and causative agents in AIDS patients:

Which of the following organisms grows on Sabouraud agar?

• pneumonia

• skin lesions resemble squamous cell carcinoma

Which of the following will be found on lung biopsy?

• HIV+

• diffuse ground-glass opacities  in both lungs

• methenamine silver stain of lung tissue reveals oval yeast

Which of the following is a cause?

• black necrotic eschar on face /  intranasal

• fever

• facial pain

• diabetic ketoacidosis

Which of the following will be seen on biopsy in Mucor mycosis?

Patient is HIV+. Sort possible symptoms and causes:

This micrograph represents _________

• several days cough and fever

• fungi were found on lung biopsy

According to description presented below which of the following is a cause?

• thorn prick

• ulcer

• lymphangitis

Which of the following is a cause?

Which of the following is a mechanism of skin hypopigmentation in Tinea Versicolor infection?

Chronic watery diarrhea in a patient with AIDS is caused by ___________

Sort potential sources of systemic mycoses:

Candidemia is most likely developed due to which of the following?

Which of the following antifungals is used for chronic suppressive therapy of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS?

Sort elements:

Biopsy shows:

• Broad-based budding yeasts with single bud and thick double refractile cell wall, are the same size as RBC

Which of the following is a cause?

• immunocompromised patient

• odynophagia

• white pseudomembranes on endoscopy

Which of the following is the diagnosis?

Mucormycosis can be treated with:

This micrograph represents _________