A florist presents with a subcutaneous lesion on the hand, which she thinks resulted from a jab wound she received while she was making a sphagnum moss-wire frame for a floral wreath. The nodule has ulcerated and not healed despite use of antibacterial cream, and a new nodule is forming above the original lesion. What is most likely to be an appropriate treatment for this infection?
A) Oral itraconazole or potassium iodide B) Miconazole cream C) Cortisone cream D) Oral griseofulvin E) Penicillin
Although hard to find in the above mentioned nodule, what form would be present in the tissue?
A) Lots of hyphae B) Long, branching hyphae with acute angles C) Yeasts with broad-based buds D) Cigar-shaped to oval yeasts E) Yeast with multiple buds (mariner's wheel)
A patient presents with paranasal swelling and bloody exudate from both his eyes and nares, and he is nearly comatose. Necrotic tissue in the nasal turbinates show nonseptate hyphae consistent with Rhizopus, Mucor, or Absidia (phylum Zygomycota, class Phycomycetes). What is the most likely compromising condition underlying this infection?
A) AIDS B) Ketoacidotic diabetes C) Neutropenia D) B-cell defects E) Chronic sinusitis