Here is the complete question;. A sample of the tissue from an inflamed, pus-filled area on the lower leg is treated with KOH and stained with GMS. Under the microscope golden brown spheres are visible. What disease are these observations consistent with?
A) pityriasis
B) fungemia
C) chromoblastomycosis
D) mycetoma
E) sporotrichosis
Answer is
C) chromoblastomycosis
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue caused by traumatic inoculation of a specific group of dematiaceous fungi (usually Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladosporium carrionii, or Fonsecaea compacta) through the skin.
Covering your mouth and nose. The germs spread primarily from your eyes and nose, so coughing and sneezing on objects that are used by a wide multitude of people will obviously affect them as well. Usually masks are used, but if you're careful there will be no need.
