MICROBIOLOGY HUBs

🇮🇳 INDEPENDENCE DAY OFFER 🇮🇳 🔥 MISSION 200+ IS BACK! 🔥 Your second chance starts NOW! 🚀 Get ready for the new power-packed batch starting 21st August 2026. 📚 🎉 Independence Day Special Offer 📅 15th August – 17th August ⚡ Offer is LIVE NOW ! 🏷️ Use Discount Code: PYQTIMES Don’t let this opportunity pass! 💯 Join now. Prepare smarter. Achieve 200+! 🔥 📌For any queries and more Discount, contact 👇 http://wa.me/919423559901

🇮🇳 INDEPENDENCE DAY OFFER 🇮🇳 🔥 MISSION 200+ IS BACK! 🔥 Your second chance starts NOW! 🚀 Get ready for the new power-packed batch starting 21st August 2026. 📚 🎉 Independence Day Special Offer 📅 15th August – 17th August ⚡ Offer is LIVE NOW ! 🏷️ Use Discount Code: PYQTIMES Don’t let this opportunity pass! 💯 Join now. Prepare smarter. Achieve 200+! 🔥 📌For any queries and more Discount, contact 👇 http://wa.me/919423559901

🚨 Something BIG is coming every single day! 🔥 🩺 Daily Clinical Pearls 📚 PYQ Series (NEET PG | FMGE | INICET | UPSC-CMS) 🩻 ECG • X-ray • Lab Quiz • Case Discussions • Mnemonics & much more! 💯 Exclusive content will be posted FIRST on our INSTAGRAM channel. 👉 Follow now before you miss today's update! Instgram Link 👇 https://www.instagram.com/docopsypoint?igsh=N2t2bjJwZnkxaWlp

144.explanation Correct Answer - D Ans. is 'None' . *Coccidioidomycosis , commonly known as cocci, Valley fever, as well as California fever,desert rheumatism, and San Joaquin. * Valley fever, is a mammalian fungal disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. *The scientific name for Valley fever is “coccidioidomycosis,” and it's also sometimes called “San Joaquin Valley fever” or “desert rheumatism.” *The term “Valley fever” usually refers to Coccidioides infection in the lungs, but the infection can spread to other parts of the body in severe cases. Join @MICROBIOLOGYhubs

144. Valley fever or desert rheumatism is caused by ?

143.explanation Correct Answer - C Ans. is 'c' i.e., Dermatophytosis. Join @MICROBIOLOGYhubs

143. Aspergillus causes all except ?

142.explanation Correct Answer - C Ans. is 'c' i.e., Red Colout of Grains in Mycetomas of Various Etiology. *White to Yellow: 1) Nocardia asteroides. 2) Nocardia brasilliensis. 3) Actinomadura madurae. 4) Streptomyces somaliensis. 5) Allescheria boydii. *Brown to Black: 1) Madurella mycetomi. 2) Madurella grisea. 3) Phialophora jeanselmei. *Red: 1) Actinomadura pelletierrii. Join @MICROBIOLOGYhubs

142. Color of granules in mycetoma caused by Actinomadura pelletierrii

141.explanation Correct Answer - A Ans. is 'a' i.e., Trichophyton *Hair perforation test . The hair perforation test consists of inoculating colonies of an organism into a dish containing a small amount of water, a few drops of yeast extract solution and some human hair. The dish is incubated at 300C and after 7 days, some of the hair is taken and are kept on a slide with a coverslip and are observed under a microscope. The test is considered positive if the hair is deep,narrow wedge shaped perforation in it. . Hair perforation test is done to distinguish between isolates of dermatophytes, particularly trichophyton mentagrophytes and its variants. Join @MICROBIOLOGYhubs

141. Hair perforation test is positive in infection with ?

140.explanation Correct Answer - D Ans. is 'a' i.e., Epidermophyton; 'b' i.e., Trichophyton. Join @MICROBIOLOGYhubs

140. Tinea cruris is caused by

139.explanation Correct Answer - D Ans. is 'd' i.e. T. mentagrophytes *Zoophilic dermatophytes are the species which primarily infect animals and occasionally transmitted to humans. *Zoophilic species of trichophyton are T. montegrophytes and T.verrucosum. *Other zoophilic species of dermatophytes is M. canis. Join @MICROBIOLOGYhubs