The terms used for the four levels of fungal infection include the following, except
bloodborne.
Giardiasis involves
symptoms of abdominal pain, flatulence, and diarrhea.
River blindness is
a disease in which worms can invade the eyes.
Enterobius vermicularis is
an intestinal worm that easily contaminates fingers and fomites.
All of the following can be transmitted by drinking contaminated water, except
Babesiosis.
Transmission of tineas include
All of the choices are correct.
All of the following pertain to Candida albicans, except
has a large capsule.
This opportunist is the most frequent cause of life-threatening pneumonia in AIDS patients:
Pneumocystis (carinii) jiroveci
All of the following areas are subject to intertriginous infections, except
chest.
Which of the following relationships is mismatched?
T.b. rhodesiense and Gambian sleeping sickness
Trichinella spiralis is a/an _________ that invades the __________.
roundworm, intestine
The usual definitive host for Echinococcus granulosus is
dogs.
Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton
reservoirs are humans, animals, and soils.
Entamoeba histolytica is acquired by
All of the choices are correct.
All of the following pertain to coccidioidomycosis, except
the pathogen grows best in soil with bird and bat guano.
The large intestines of pigs are the primary reservoir of the pathogen that causes
balantidiasis.
Which is incorrect about chromoblastomycosis?
treatment is with pentamidine
Candidiasis includes
All of the choices are correct.
Hookworms
All of the choices are correct.
All of the following will kill Giardia, except
chlorine in typical drinking water.
Which is not correct about trichinosis?
Only a few cases occur each year in the U.S.
Ergotism is caused by
ingesting alkaloids from Claviceps purpurea on rye plants.
Which is mismatched?
Whipworm - trematode
Trichinosis includes all the following, except
All of the choices are correct.
Oral thrush is caused by
Candida albicans.
Cryptococcosis can include
All of the choices are correct.
Chromoblastomycosis
is caused by saprobes with dark-pigmented mycelia and spores.
All of the following are fungal allergies, except
thrush.
Diseases transmitted by vectors include
trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis.
Blastomyces dermatitidis
causes Gilchrist disease and Chicago disease.
Symptoms of cryptosporidiosis include
headache, sweating, vomiting, severe abdominal cramps, and diarrhea.
Amphotericin B, nystatin, and the imidazoles are all
antifungal drugs.
All of the following pertain to tapeworms, except
one proglottid segment will have either female or male reproductive organs.
Pneumocystis (carinii) jiroveci
All of the choices are correct.
Trichomonas vaginalis
All of the choices are correct.
The larval forms of certain Taenia species, which typically infest muscles of mammalian intermediate hosts is also called a
cysticerci.
Pregnant women should never change cat litter due to the risk of contracting
toxoplasmosis.
Parasitic helminthes have the following characteristics, except
have developmental forms that include cysts
Which of the following is a rare mycosis caused by a mold commonly found in soil, in dairy products and on the human body?
geotrichosis
Mycetoma is
a subcutaneous infection that looks like a tumor.
Which of the following is incorrect about Sporotrichosis?
It is also known as Valley fever.
Which of the following causes serious congenital disease from transplacental transmission?
Toxoplasmosis
The form lacking a free flagellum in the developmental stage of a hemoflagellate is called the
amastigote.
Transmission of the pathogen of leishmaniasis is by the
phlebotomine (sand) fly.
Aspergillosis includes all the following, except
there are no effective drugs to treat the infection.
Which is not correct about kala azar?
Chemotherapy with chloroquine is usually effective.
Paracoccidioides is
endemic to regions of Central and South America.
The vector involved in African sleeping sickness is the
tsetse fly.
Schistosomiasis involves
All of the choices are correct.
Which is incorrect about malaria?
merozoites enter and multiply in liver cells
The routes of entry for most fungi into the body are
respiratory and cutaneous.