BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACEUTICS

Multiple Choice Question on Fungi and Fungal Infections 1) What are the different types of medically important fungal infections?  Select from all the options below a) Aspergillosis b)Dermatophytosis  c) Mucormycosis d) Toxoplasmosis 2) Which of the following is Not a common cultural characteristics of fungi? a) They are heterotypic eukaryotic microorganisms b) The cell wall is composed of chitin c) Fungi reproduce asexually only d) Can cause superficial and systemic diseases 3) Which of the following dimorphic fungus is a medically important human pathogen that can cause severe respiratory infections? a) Cryptococcus neoformans b) Histoplasma capsulatum c) Mucor racemosus d) Aspergillus niger 4) Various components of fungi contribute to the laboratory identification and detection of the organism, including features of the fungal cell wall. Identify the components: a) Hyphae / mycelia b) Consists of a stalk / stem c) Consists of a fruiting bo...

Multiple Choice Question on MCQ on Subcutaneous Mycoses 1) A 35-year-old man residing in Mexico comes to the hospital with an ulcerative lesion on his left thumb and has been suffering for 2 weeks. He got a cut while taking care of the plants in his garden, in the first week the lesion did not grow or spread but it extended to the forearm and pain increased in the second week. A sample was taken from the infected site and was cultured for fungal examination, cream-colored colony appeared within 3 days. The colony appeared brown after few days and  after a week of incubation it transformed  into a black and fuzzy appearance. Which of the following is the likely pathogen ? a) Epidermophyton flocussum b) Tinea versicolor c) Sporothrix schenckii  d) Basidiobolus ranarum 2) Which of the following are NOT the cultural characteristics of fungus causing subcutaneous mycoses? a) Classification Includes dimorphic fungi b) The infections are caused by saprophytic ...