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Candidiasis Risk Factors and Symptoms

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What is the most common clinical presentation of cryptococcosis?

Central nervous system infection (correct)

Pneumonic process

Systemic candidiasis

Mucocutaneous candidiasis

Which Candida species produces a metallic blue or bluish-green color on chromogenic medium?

C. albicans

C. glabrata

C. krusei

C. tropicalis (correct)

What is the most important protective measure against candidiasis?

Avoiding disturbing the normal balance of microbiota and intact host defenses (correct)

Treating with topical nystatin or oral ketoconazole or fluconazole

Treating with Amphotericin B

Preventing hematogenous and lymphatic spread from a primary pulmonary focus

Which Candida species produces a pale pink to purplish-pink color on chromogenic medium?

C. krusei Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of Candida species?

Replication by budding from a relatively narrow base Signup and view all the answers

Which Candida species produces a lighter green color compared to C. albicans on chromogenic medium?

C. dubliniensis Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is the most common treatment for systemic candidiasis?

Amphotericin B Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common treatment for thrush and other mucocutaneous forms of candidiasis?

Topical nystatin Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about the transmission of candidiasis?

Candidiasis is not communicable, since virtually all persons are already colonized with Candida Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following Candida species is known to produce a pale pink color on chromogenic medium?

C. glabrata Signup and view all the answers