What do you know about subcutaneous mycoses? explain any one fungus with clinical features and special lab findings?

Q: Outline the similarities and differences of the three fungal diseases. blastomycosis,…

A: Systemic mycoses is a systemic fungal infection that originates primarily from the lungs and spread…

Q: Why are humans typically resistant to fungal infection?

A: Fungi are ubiquitous as they can be found in seas, plants, animals, and soil. Some species that…

Q: rom Superficial, utaneous, and Suba neous fungi, how will you differentiate these pathogens from…

A: Microorganisms or pathogens are the microbes viewed under the microscope. They can be in the form of…

Q: How does simply inhibiting the growth of a fungus eventually lead to curing a dermatophytic…

A: Dermatophyte infections are the infections caused by the filamentous fungal species which belongs to…

Q: Briefly Explain Why fungal infections are more difficult to treat compared to bacterial infection?…

A: Microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi that cause various infections and illness in the body

Q: What are the reasons that make fungal infections difficult to treat? Briefly explain.

A: Fungi mostly multicellular eukaryotes, which obtain their food by heterotrophic mode of nutrition,…

Q: List and explain at least 3 Fungal infections of the skin.

A: Fungal infection is a type of disease caused by a fungus, a fungus that invades the tissue can cause…

Q: Why fungal infections are more difficult to treat compared to bacterial infection? Discuss at your…

A: fungus are eukaryotes while bacteria are prokaryotes.

Q: What two genera account for the majority of opportunistic fungalinfections?

A: Fungal infections are classified into two types namely, a) primary b) opportunistic The primary…

Q: Identify three fungal infections of plants or animals andthe fungi responsible for the infections.

A: Microbiology is the study of microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. The microorganisms…

Q: What is Mycorrhiza?

A: It is a symbiotic association or mutualism. In this both the organisms are benefitted.

Q: What is the habitat of fungal eye infection and how is it discovered?

A: 1)Eye Injuries: An eye injury is the most prevalent cause of a fungal eye infection, especially if…

Q: Many fungal infections of humans are considered to be opportunistic, meaning that fungi that are…

A: In human physiology, fungal infection is a skin disease that is referred to as mycosis caused by…

Q: Explain the Fungal Diseases of Humans ?

A: The fungus can infect the human body to cause fungal infections. They are microorganisms having…

Q: What do you mean by septa in fungus?

A: The kingdom fungi play a key role as decomposers in the environment. The name “fungus” is usually…

Q: What temperature will kill fungus?

A: Fungi are heterotrophic and have chitin cell walls. Being a heterotroph, fungus absorbs nutrients…

Q: Define two fungal pathogens, and also write its morphological characterization.

A: Fungus is a type of eukaryotic organism that includes microbes like yeasts and moulds, as well as…

Q: Compare the laboratory results diagnostic of infection with each of the four primary fungal…

A: A fungus is any individual from the gathering of eukaryotic organic entities that incorporates…

Q: What is one of the fungi that is responsible for infections of skin and nails?

A: In order to describe the cutaneous condition in terms of the medical condition that mostly affects…

Q: How are Chlamydia and Mycoplasma (Section 16.9) similar?How are they different?

A: Introduction: Chlamydia is an intracellular obligate parasite and is a pathogen. Their inner and…

Q: Why fungal infections are more difficult to treat compared to bacterial infection? Discuss.  Use…

A: Fungus are eukaryotes wherelse bacteria are prokaryotes.

Q: The following are cultural characteristics of fungus causing subcutaneous mycoses except*

A: Eukaryotic organisms are fungi. Fungi are microorganisms that include mushrooms, yeasts, and moulds.…

Q: keratinase is an enzyme produced by dermatophytes. which organs in the body would these pathogens…

A: Dermatophytes are pathogenic fungi that are responsible for causing superficial infections in nails,…

Q: What would you expect to see microscopically from a scraping of thewhite patch? Describe other…

A: Candidiasis is an infection caused by the yeast Candida. It normally lives on the skin and inside…

Q: Fungal respiratory infections are caused by fungi that are common in the environment. Who of the…

A: Fungal pneumonia is an infectious process in the lungs caused by one or more endemic or…

Q: What other fungal pathogens are found in the United States?

A: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms which are heterotrophs which plays important role in ecosystem.…

Q: Actinomycetes are ___________ that cause _________ .a. filamentous rods, chronic granuloma…

A: Actinomycetes are a group of Gram-positive mycelial bacteria that are mostly harmless. They produce…

Q: What is Subcutaneous mycoses?

A: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms. Mushrooms, yeasts, molds all these microorganisms come under fungi.…

Q: Explain the significance of superficial mycoses.

A: Mycosis is a fungal infection of animals and superficial mycosis is only at the outermost layer of…

Q: Characteristic features of subcutaneous mycoses include: O traumatic implantation of the fungus O…

A: Pathogens entering the body create infectious illnesses. They can be categorized based on some…

Q: What features of the lungs make them a favorable site for fungalinfections?

A: Fungi is the microorganism that causes infections in the tissues of the body. This leads to the…

Q: What two genera account for the majority of opportunistic fungal infections?

A: Introduction:-  Opportunistic fungal infection are those infection which occur in a person when the…

Q: Classify the human fungal infections

A: Fungal infections cause various diseases in humans ranging from superficial infections to…

Q: Why fungal infections are usually more difficult to treat? Briefly explain.Use your own words to…

A: Fungi are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms whose cell wall is made of chitin. They have a…

Q: Give an example of a superficial, a subcutaneous, and asystemic mycosis.

A: Mycoses are a disease caused by any fungus in domestic animals and humans. Mycoses are common and a…

Q: What is the role of differentiated structures of fungal in their growth and pathogenesis?

A: Fungi are the eukaryotic, single celled or multicellular structure which includes molds and yeast.…

Q: Why are some mycotic diseases of humans called opportunistic mycoses?

A: Fungi, which can be found in numerous forms in the environment, cause mycotic diseases. Many fungi…

Q: Name fungal diseases and their causative agent. Causative Agent Disease

A: Fungi are all over. Often, they are too little to even consider seeing with the unaided eye.  There…

Q: What genus and species of the fungus cause histoplasmosis and whats the geographic distribution?

A: Histoplasmosis is also known as cave disease. It is transmitted by fungal spores in soil having…

Q: What is fungal infection and what is bacterial infection? use your own words to explain

A: Microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria that cause various infections in the body

Q: In contrast to disease caused by Trichomonas, whatdo giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis have in…

A: Protozoa is a eukaryotic, single-celled, free-living or parasitic microorganism which is not visible…

Q: What are some fungaldiseases transmitted byanimal feces?

A: Animals or pets living close proximity contain many pathogens capable of infecting humans,…

Q: What is the general name given to fungal diseases?

A: A fungal disease is a skin disease caused by a fungus.

Wound infections

A wound is damaged or breaks in the surface of the skin. The wound is divided into two types, they are acute wound that includes minor cuts, laceration, bites, etc, and chronic wounds that can become slow to heal including ulcers on the legs and feet. Redness, pain, and swelling are signs of a wound.