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Quiz about Fungal Respiratory Infections

Fungal Respiratory Infections Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of fungal respiratory infections.

A multiple-choice quiz by Morrigan716. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Morrigan716

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
79,809

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1625

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. How does cryptococcosis usually manifest in immunocompromised hosts? Hint

Meningitis

Influenza

Whooping cough

Tuberculosis

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Question 2 of 15

2. Cryptococcosis can be transmitted through inhalation.

True

False

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the incubation period for cryptococcosis? Hint

1 to 3 days

5 to 7 weeks

2 to 5 years

Unknown

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Question 4 of 15

4. Approximately how many cases of cryptococcosis are diagnosed annually in the United States? Hint

300

4,870

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Question 5 of 15

5. The pathogen that causes cryptococcosis is called 'Cryptococcus bronchiseptica'.

True

False

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Question 6 of 15

6. Histoplasmosis involves a productive cough.

True

False

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Question 7 of 15

7. Histoplasmosis can be transmitted by inhaling bat droppings?

True

False

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is the incubation period for histoplasmosis? Hint

3 to 17 days

1 to 4 months

2 to 3 weeks

6 to 18 hours

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Question 9 of 15

9. Histoplasmosis occurs primarily in the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri River valleys.

True

False

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Question 10 of 15

10. There is only one variant of 'Histoplasma capsulatium', the pathogen that causes histoplasmosis.

True

False

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Question 11 of 15

11. 'Pneumocystis carinii' pneumonia (PCP) is usually found in patients with a weak immune system.

True

False

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Question 12 of 15

12. Is 'Pneumocystis carinii' pneumonia (PCP) normally a chronic or acute disease?

Answer: (Chronic or Acute)

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Question 13 of 15

13. 'Pneumocystis carinii' pneumonia (PCP) is also known as interstitial plasma-cell pneumonia.

True

False

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Question 14 of 15

14. An increase in cases of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) was one of the early clues in the identification of which disease? Hint

Legionnaires' disease

Asbestosis

Typhus

AIDS

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is the incubation period for 'Pneumocystis carinii' pneumonia (PCP)? Hint

Unknown

2 to 5 days

3 to 17 days

1 to 3 weeks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How does cryptococcosis usually manifest in immunocompromised hosts?

Answer: Meningitis

Cryptococcosis can also infect the lungs, kidneys, prostate, skin, and bone. It is a common infection in AIDS patients.

2. Cryptococcosis can be transmitted through inhalation.

Answer: True

It can be inhaled from pigeon and other bird droppings.

3. What is the incubation period for cryptococcosis?

Answer: Unknown

The incubation period is unknown. The pulmonary infection can precede brain infection by months or years.

4. Approximately how many cases of cryptococcosis are diagnosed annually in the United States?

Answer: 300

It is treated with antifungal agents such as amphotericin B.

5. The pathogen that causes cryptococcosis is called 'Cryptococcus bronchiseptica'.

Answer: False

It is caused by two subspecies of 'Cryptococcus neoformans', an encapsulated yeast.

6. Histoplasmosis involves a productive cough.

Answer: False

It involves a nonproductive cough (no sputum). It is also characterized by malaise, fever, chills, headache, myalgia, and chest pains.

7. Histoplasmosis can be transmitted by inhaling bat droppings?

Answer: True

Also by inhaling particles from bird droppings, especially from chickens.

8. What is the incubation period for histoplasmosis?

Answer: 3 to 17 days

Most commonly 10 days.

9. Histoplasmosis occurs primarily in the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri River valleys.

Answer: True

Although it is one of the most common systemic fungal diseases in the U.S., it is not nationally notifiable.

10. There is only one variant of 'Histoplasma capsulatium', the pathogen that causes histoplasmosis.

Answer: False

There are two variants of the dismorphic fungus that grows as a mold in soil and as a yeast.

11. 'Pneumocystis carinii' pneumonia (PCP) is usually found in patients with a weak immune system.

Answer: True

It is commonly found in malnourished, chronically ill children, premature infants, and AIDS patients.

12. Is 'Pneumocystis carinii' pneumonia (PCP) normally a chronic or acute disease?

Answer: Acute

Patients have fever, difficulty in breathing, rapid breathing, dry cough, and cyanosis. It is usually fatal if untreated. It does have a chronic form in some patients suffering from AIDS.

13. 'Pneumocystis carinii' pneumonia (PCP) is also known as interstitial plasma-cell pneumonia.

Answer: True

The mode of transmission is not known. It may be direct contact, transfer of pulmonary secretions from infected to susceptible people, or perhaps airborne.

14. An increase in cases of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) was one of the early clues in the identification of which disease?

Answer: AIDS

This increase, and the increased demand for drugs to treat PCP, in the 1980s led medical professionals to realize that the cause was a new disease. In the early years of AIDS, the infection often led to death.

15. What is the incubation period for 'Pneumocystis carinii' pneumonia (PCP)?

Answer: Unknown

It is usually treated with TMP-SMX or pentamidine.

Source: Author Morrigan716

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