5. Which laboratory test may be used to differentiate Exophiala
Chapter Review jeanselmei from Exophiala dermatitidis? a. Urea 1. Brown patches on the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot are b. Growth at 42°C caused by: c. Esculin a. Cladosporium spp. d. Germ tube b. Exophiala spp. c. Hortae werneckii 6. True or False d. Acremonium spp. _____ Dematiaceous fungi most commonly involve deeply invasive disease. 2. Adding specimen scrapings to 10% KOH to show the presence of _____ Most patients with mycetomas live in tropical locations. sclerotic bodies that resemble copper pennies is useful in the _____ Antigen-protein assays are routinely used to diagnose diagnosis of: infections caused by dematiaceous fungi. a. Chromoblastomycosis _____ P. boydii is resistant to amphotericin B. b. Phaeohyphomycosis _____ Sclerotic bodies are present in histologic slides of lesions c. Mycetomas from chromoblastomycosis. d. Zygomycosis 7. Matching: Match each term with the correct description. 3. Which of the following is the causative agent of black grain mycetoma? _____ Hortaea werneckii a. granulomatous infection of the a. Exophiala jeanselmei _____ Piedraia hortae lower extremities b. Curvularia spp. _____ Acremonium spp. b. conidia (with dark septal scar) c. Madurella mycetomatis _____ Curvularia spp. in long chains d. All of the above _____ Mycetoma c. tinea nigra _____ Chromoblastomycosis d. black piedra 4. Which of the following is a fungus known to cause _____ Cladosporium spp. e. black grain mycetoma chromoblastomycosis? f. infections acquired via a. Curvularia spp. traumatic inoculation b. Acremonium spp. g. white grain mycetoma c. Bipolaris spp. d. Cladosporium spp.