MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Fungi (pronounced: FUN-guy) are multicelled, plant-like organisms. A fungus gets nutrition from plants, food, and animals in damp, warm environments.

Detailed explanation-2: -A type of fungus called candida causes these infections when it grows too much. Yeast infections aren’t contagious. The infections are most common in warm, moist, creased areas of your body, including your armpits and groin.

Detailed explanation-3: -Candida species tend to be the culprit of most fungal infections and can cause both systemic and superficial infection.

Detailed explanation-4: -In cutaneous candidiasis, the skin is infected with candida fungi. This type of infection is fairly common. It can involve almost any skin on the body, but most often it occurs in warm, moist, creased areas such as the armpits and groin. The fungus that most often causes cutaneous candidiasis is Candida albicans.