Parasitic Skin Infections Practice Questions

Question 1

Which physical finding is most useful in diagnosing scabies in genital lesions?

Accepted Answer

Burrows in genital area

Answer

Vesicular lesions on shaft of penis

Answer

Pustules on glans penis

Answer

Excoriated nodules on scrotum

Question 2

A 42-year-old Bengali male presents with painless nodules over the face. The face is erythematous, and the surface of some of the large nodules is discolored. He gives a history of an insect bite in the past while he went to the jungle for work. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Answer

Chronic Fungal infections

Answer

Cutaneous tuberculosis

Answer

Leprosy

Question 3

Mass Drug Administration is NOT routinely used as the primary strategy for:

Accepted Answer

Scabies

Answer

Vitamin A Deficiency

Answer

Lymphatic Filariasis

Answer

Worm infestation

Question 4

Transmission assessment survey is for?

Accepted Answer

Wuchereria bancrofti

Answer

Plasmodium falciparum

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Plasmodium vivax

Answer

Leishmania donovani

Question 5

A child presented with perianal itching. The swab specimen is shown in the image. What is the diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Enterobius

Answer

Ascaris

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Trichiura

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Ancylostoma

Question 6

A lady from West Rajasthan presented with an ulcer surrounded by erythema on the right leg. Microscopy of the biopsy from the edge of the ulcer showed organisms with dark staining nuclei and kinetoplast. What is the most likely causative agent? (Refer to the provided image)

Accepted Answer

Leishmania tropica

Answer

Babesia microti

Answer

Trypanosoma brucei

Answer

Histoplasma capsulatum

Question 7

A child presents with grouped vesicles on the lips. What is the bedside investigation that you would like to do?

Accepted Answer

Tzanck smear

Answer

Wood's lamp

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Slit skin smear

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KOH

Question 8

The burrow in scabies is in

Accepted Answer

S. corneum

Answer

Malpighian layer

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S. germinatum

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S. granulosum

Question 9

An 18-year-old man has facial and upper back lesions that have waxed and waned for the past 6 years. On physical examination, there are 0.3- to 0.9-cm comedones, erythematous papules, nodules, and pustules most numerous on the lower face and posterior upper trunk. Other family members have been affected by this condition at a similar age. The lesions worsen during a 5-day cruise to the Adriatic. Which of the following organisms is most likely to play a key role in the pathogenesis of these lesions?

Accepted Answer

Propionibacterium acnes

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Herpes simplex virus type 1

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Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus

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Mycobacterium leprae

Question 10

Which of the following statements is not correct regarding sebaceous cyst?

Accepted Answer

Treatment is incision and drainage

Answer

Found on hairy areas of the body

Answer

Not found on palms and soles

Answer

It has a punctum

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