Think-Pair-Share Questions

1. A patient infected with HIV and living in the southwestern US frequently takes walks in a dry, arid area that was once a ranch. On a particular windy and dusty day, he hikes near an area where bulldozers are excavating the area for a housing development. A couple of weeks later he develops severe respiratory symptoms. A microscopic  examination of lung tissue in the lab shows spherical bodies filled with yeast like particles.

a. What infection does he most likely have?

b. How specifically did he contract this infection?

2. A woman notices an intense itching between her toes. The skin appears red and inflamed with some cracking of the skin. A scraping of the skin is viewed under a microscope  and fungal hyphae and large leaf-shaped spores are evident.

What infection does this person most likely have and how can you tell from this information?