שאלה משלב א׳ במיקרוביולוגיה קלינית · מועד 2022, שאלה 13

Correct: C — work with cultures of dimorphic fungi should be done under BSL-3 conditions, because the mould phase produces highly infectious conidia. Option A has the phases the wrong way round: they are moulds at ambient temperature and yeasts at 37 degrees in the host. Option B is wrong because dimorphic fungi infect immunocompetent people as primary pathogens; option D is wrong because the main endemic areas are in the Americas rather than Asia and the Mediterranean.