MOT
Diseases
Opportunists
Skin Problems
It's in the soil
100
What is the MOT of Aspergillus fumigatus?
Inhalation of spores
100
Pulmonary zygomycosis is caused by this organism.
Rhizopus spp.
100
Identify this organism.
Aspergillus fumigatus
100
This "vase of flowers" fungus causes chromoblastomycosis.
Phialophora verrucosa
100
Identify this "sucker."
Blastomyces dermatitidis
200
What is the MOT of Sporothrix schenckii?
Skin puncture by thorn
200
Dermatophytes are caused by this organism.
Microsporum canis
200
What respiratory disease is caused by Aspergillus fumigatus?
aspergillosis
200
Tinea pedis is caused by which organism that looks like birds on a wire?
Trichophyton rubrum
200
Identify this systemic fungus that causes pulmonary coccidiodomycosis.
Coccidioides immitis
300
What is the MOT of Trichophyton rubrum?
Close contact with an infected person or animal and fomites like carpeting.
300
What disease is caused by Aspergillus fumigatus?
(pulmonary) aspergillosis
300
Identify this allergy inducer.
Penicillium
300
Give the main mode of transmission of this organism.
Close contact with an infected person or animal or fomites like carpeting.
300
Give the mode of transmission for the organism shown here.
Inhalation of spores from soil contaminated with bird or bat poop.
400
What is the MOT of Blastomyces dermatitidis?
Inhalation of spores from forest soil rick in decaying wood.
400
Give the geographical nickname for the histoplasmosis caused by this organism.
Ohio Valley Fever
400
Identify this opportunistic fungi.
Absidia sp.
400
Identify this organism that causes dermatophytoses.
Microsporum canis
400
Identify the yeast form of this organism.
Coccidioides immitis
500
What is the MOT of Histoplasma capsulatum?
Inhalation of soil contaminated with bird or bat droppings.
500
Give the name of the disease caused by Coccidiodes immitis particularly in immunocompromised people.
coccidiodomycosis AKA San Joaquin Valley Fever
500
What respiratory disease is caused by this organism?
zygomycosis
500
Which disease is caused by this organism?
Sporotrichosis (Rose Gardener's Disease)
500
Identify this organism (yeast form).
Blastomyces dermatitidis