, 10/20/24, 11:54 PM NBDE PART 2 NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 820 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWER…
c. MUCORMYCOSIS
a. CRYPTOCOCCUS → may spread into the meninges
and cause Cryptococcal Meningitis
5. Which fungus causes b. ASPERGILLUS → causes aspergilloma "fungus ball"
cerebral/brain infarct? in the lungs causing pulmonary infection in ppl with
a. CRYPTOCOCCUS AIDS or have undergone organ transplant
b. ASPERGILLUS c. MUCORMYCOSIS → Pt's w/ diabetic ketoacidosis,
c. MUCORMYCOSIS burns, or leukemia are particularly susceptible. It
results in black, dead tissue in the nasal cavity and
blocks the blood supply to the brain.
-Mucormycosis is found in blood vessels
(endothelium) & is often related to diabetic pts
6. Aflatoxin is produced Aspergillus
by what fungus ?
7. Cell immunity is most Intracellular parasite
important for?
8. Which one can be seen Histoplasmosis
as an intracellular -In infected tissues, yeast cells of Histoplasmosis are
organism? found within macrophages.
Histoplasmosis
9. Disseminated fungi? Yeast in macropages, bird-bat drooping, via
respiratory droplets different than the rest of them
10. Which pathogen Histoplasmosis
causes granulomatous
lesion in lung resembling
TB, similar symptoms?
Gonorrhea
11. What doesn't give you
granulomas? -Histoplasmosis, M tuberculosis and tertiary syphilis
are granulomatous (immune system walls off)
12. What does not cause a Histoplasmosis
mucosal or epidermal
rash?
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