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Practice Question Answers: AIDS Infectious Dermatoses

This fact sheet served to review the various infections associated with human immunodeficiency virus or AIDS that also demonstrate cutaneous findings.


 

1. What is the most common treatment of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients?

a. caspofungin

b. griseofulvin

c. intravenous amphotericin B

d. itraconazole

e. terbinafine

2. What mucosal infection is caused by Epstein-Barr virus and can be seen in human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS patients?

a. aphthous stomatitis

b. Kaposi sarcoma

c. median rhomboid glossitis

d. oral hairy leukoplakia

e. thrush

3. Which infection can cause thumbprint purpura and often is fatal in immunocompromised patients?

a. botryomycosis

b. coccidioidomycosis

c. invasive candidiasis

d. Kaposi sarcoma

e. strongyloidiasis

4. Which infection classically presents in advanced AIDS cases with a CD4 count less than 50 cells/mm3?

a. crusted scabies

b. giant molluscum

c. herpes zoster

d. leishmaniasis

e. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex

5. Which antifungal medication should be avoided in patients taking protease inhibitors?

a. caspofungin

b. griseofulvin

c. itraconazole

d. micafungin

e. terbinafine

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