Test Your Knowledge - Columns-Mold -October 2003

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

QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is a general term used to group together infections caused by unusual hyaline fungal pathogens that are not agents of otherwise-named infections?

iA. Zygomycosis iB. Phaeohyphomyccosis iC. Beauvomyccosis iD. Hyalohyphomycosis

2. Which of the following refers to an amalgam of clinical diseases caused by a variety of fungi which often lead to subcutaneous cyst formation at the site of traumatic implantation of the fungus in immunocompetent patients?

iA. Zygomycosis iB. Phaeohyphomyccosis iC. Beauvomyccosis iD. Hyalohyphomycosis

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