Test Your Knowledge

How does your understanding of mold-related issues
compare to what the experts are saying?

photo-221. Some fungi are "highly pathogenic" and are more likely to establish an infection in all exposed individuals compared to "opportunist pathogens," which ordinarily cause disease only in a compromised host. Of the following four choices, which two are highly pathogenic and which are opportunist?

iA. Histoplasma capsulatum iB. Candida albicans iC. Coccidioides immitis iD. Aspergillus ustis

2. When preparing molds for microscopic examination, why do species of Cladosporium, Monilia and Alternaria present extra difficulties?

iA. They tend to disintegrate as soon as they are …