front 1 The terms used for the four levels of fungal infection include the following, except | back 1 bloodborne. |
front 2 Giardiasis involves | back 2 symptoms of abdominal pain, flatulence, and diarrhea. |
front 3 River blindness is | back 3 a disease in which worms can invade the eyes. |
front 4 Enterobius vermicularis is | back 4 an intestinal worm that easily contaminates fingers and fomites. |
front 5 All of the following can be transmitted by drinking contaminated water, except | back 5 Babesiosis. |
front 6 Transmission of tineas include | back 6 All of the choices are correct. |
front 7 All of the following pertain to Candida albicans, except | back 7 has a large capsule. |
front 8 This opportunist is the most frequent cause of life-threatening pneumonia in AIDS patients: | back 8 Pneumocystis (carinii) jiroveci |
front 9 All of the following areas are subject to intertriginous infections, except | back 9 chest. |
front 10 Which of the following relationships is mismatched? | back 10 T.b. rhodesiense and Gambian sleeping sickness |
front 11 Trichinella spiralis is a/an _________ that invades the __________. | back 11 roundworm, intestine |
front 12 The usual definitive host for Echinococcus granulosus is | back 12 dogs. |
front 13 Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton | back 13 reservoirs are humans, animals, and soils. |
front 14 Entamoeba histolytica is acquired by | back 14 All of the choices are correct. |
front 15 All of the following pertain to coccidioidomycosis, except | back 15 the pathogen grows best in soil with bird and bat guano. |
front 16 The large intestines of pigs are the primary reservoir of the pathogen that causes | back 16 balantidiasis. |
front 17 Which is incorrect about chromoblastomycosis? | back 17 treatment is with pentamidine |
front 18 Candidiasis includes | back 18 All of the choices are correct. |
front 19 Hookworms | back 19 All of the choices are correct. |
front 20 All of the following will kill Giardia, except | back 20 chlorine in typical drinking water. |
front 21 Which is not correct about trichinosis? | back 21 Only a few cases occur each year in the U.S. |
front 22 Ergotism is caused by | back 22 ingesting alkaloids from Claviceps purpurea on rye plants. |
front 23 Which is mismatched? | back 23 Whipworm - trematode |
front 24 Trichinosis includes all the following, except | back 24 All of the choices are correct. |
front 25 Oral thrush is caused by | back 25 Candida albicans. |
front 26 Cryptococcosis can include | back 26 All of the choices are correct. |
front 27 Chromoblastomycosis | back 27 is caused by saprobes with dark-pigmented mycelia and spores. |
front 28 All of the following are fungal allergies, except | back 28 thrush. |
front 29 Diseases transmitted by vectors include | back 29 trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis. |
front 30 Blastomyces dermatitidis | back 30 causes Gilchrist disease and Chicago disease. |
front 31 Symptoms of cryptosporidiosis include | back 31 headache, sweating, vomiting, severe abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. |
front 32 Amphotericin B, nystatin, and the imidazoles are all | back 32 antifungal drugs. |
front 33 All of the following pertain to tapeworms, except | back 33 one proglottid segment will have either female or male reproductive organs. |
front 34 Pneumocystis (carinii) jiroveci | back 34 All of the choices are correct. |
front 35 Trichomonas vaginalis | back 35 All of the choices are correct. |
front 36 The larval forms of certain Taenia species, which typically infest muscles of mammalian intermediate hosts is also called a | back 36 cysticerci. |
front 37 Pregnant women should never change cat litter due to the risk of contracting | back 37 toxoplasmosis. |
front 38 Parasitic helminthes have the following characteristics, except | back 38 have developmental forms that include cysts |
front 39 Which of the following is a rare mycosis caused by a mold commonly found in soil, in dairy products and on the human body? | back 39 geotrichosis |
front 40 Mycetoma is | back 40 a subcutaneous infection that looks like a tumor. |
front 41 Which of the following is incorrect about Sporotrichosis? | back 41 It is also known as Valley fever. |
front 42 Which of the following causes serious congenital disease from transplacental transmission? | back 42 Toxoplasmosis |
front 43 The form lacking a free flagellum in the developmental stage of a hemoflagellate is called the | back 43 amastigote. |
front 44 Transmission of the pathogen of leishmaniasis is by the | back 44 phlebotomine (sand) fly. |
front 45 Aspergillosis includes all the following, except | back 45 there are no effective drugs to treat the infection. |
front 46 Which is not correct about kala azar? | back 46 Chemotherapy with chloroquine is usually effective. |
front 47 Paracoccidioides is | back 47 endemic to regions of Central and South America. |
front 48 The vector involved in African sleeping sickness is the | back 48 tsetse fly. |
front 49 Schistosomiasis involves | back 49 All of the choices are correct. |
front 50 Which is incorrect about malaria? | back 50 merozoites enter and multiply in liver cells |
front 51 The routes of entry for most fungi into the body are | back 51 respiratory and cutaneous. |