Mycology and Virology Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Superficial/Cutaneous - ✔✔Infection of the nonliving keratinized layers of the skin and
the hair and nails.
Subcutaneous - ✔✔Involves the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Systemic - ✔✔A pulmonary infection that may progress to affect any internal body
organ and may show cutaneous and subcutaneous involvement.
Opportunistic - ✔✔Primarily infect those who are already sick or immune suppressed
Pseudohyphae - ✔✔Exaggerated form of budding in which newly formed cells remain
attached and continue to elongate.
Rhizoid - ✔✔Root-like, branched hyphae extending into the media to absorb nutrients
Corn Meal Agar - ✔✔Starvation media used for microscopic observation of
chlamydospore production in yeast.
Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) with Glycerol - ✔✔KOH, a strong alkali, acts as a clearing
agent for observation of fungal elements
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
, India Ink - ✔✔Detection of yeast (Cryptococcus) with capsules in body fluids
Sporothrix schenckii - ✔✔Mode of infection usually through thorns and splinter trama.
Sporotrichosis is commonly called "rose gardener's disease".
Primary agents of Chromoblastomycosis - ✔✔-Phialophora verrucosa
-Cladosporium carrionii
-Fonsecaea pedrosoi
Endemic areas of Histoplasma capsulatum - ✔✔-Central Mississippi River Valley
-Ohio River Valley
-Missouri River Valley
Coccidioides immitis - ✔✔San Joaquin Valley Fever, Desert Fever, and Valley Fever.
NO YEAST PHASE: Mold grows at 35C
Cryptococcus neoformans - ✔✔CSF is the most common clinical specimen. India Ink is
used for identification.
Candida albicans (Most Virulent) - ✔✔Causes oral thrush
Aspergillus fumigatus - ✔✔Colonization (fungus balls) in the ears or lower respiratory
tract.
Viruses - ✔✔These are obligate intracellular parasites
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Superficial/Cutaneous - ✔✔Infection of the nonliving keratinized layers of the skin and
the hair and nails.
Subcutaneous - ✔✔Involves the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Systemic - ✔✔A pulmonary infection that may progress to affect any internal body
organ and may show cutaneous and subcutaneous involvement.
Opportunistic - ✔✔Primarily infect those who are already sick or immune suppressed
Pseudohyphae - ✔✔Exaggerated form of budding in which newly formed cells remain
attached and continue to elongate.
Rhizoid - ✔✔Root-like, branched hyphae extending into the media to absorb nutrients
Corn Meal Agar - ✔✔Starvation media used for microscopic observation of
chlamydospore production in yeast.
Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) with Glycerol - ✔✔KOH, a strong alkali, acts as a clearing
agent for observation of fungal elements
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
, India Ink - ✔✔Detection of yeast (Cryptococcus) with capsules in body fluids
Sporothrix schenckii - ✔✔Mode of infection usually through thorns and splinter trama.
Sporotrichosis is commonly called "rose gardener's disease".
Primary agents of Chromoblastomycosis - ✔✔-Phialophora verrucosa
-Cladosporium carrionii
-Fonsecaea pedrosoi
Endemic areas of Histoplasma capsulatum - ✔✔-Central Mississippi River Valley
-Ohio River Valley
-Missouri River Valley
Coccidioides immitis - ✔✔San Joaquin Valley Fever, Desert Fever, and Valley Fever.
NO YEAST PHASE: Mold grows at 35C
Cryptococcus neoformans - ✔✔CSF is the most common clinical specimen. India Ink is
used for identification.
Candida albicans (Most Virulent) - ✔✔Causes oral thrush
Aspergillus fumigatus - ✔✔Colonization (fungus balls) in the ears or lower respiratory
tract.
Viruses - ✔✔These are obligate intracellular parasites
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
