342) In endemic regions of the United States, close to 90% of the population test positive for Histoplasma capsulatum

F

1. 342) In endemic regions of the United States, close to 90% of the population test positive for Histoplasma capsulatum.

T

2. 343) Griseofulvin is an effective antifungal with no serious side effects.

F

3. 344) Gonococcal infections result in lifelong immunity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

T

4. 345) Neisseria meningitidis is able to survive inside macrophages and be transported throughout the body in them.

F

5. 346) An expanding rash that resembles a bull's-eye is characteristic of secondary syphilis.

T

6. 347) Severe mycetismus may require a liver transplant.

F

7. 348) Enterobacteriaceae are rarely pathogenic.

F

8. 349) All of the rickettsias are zoonoses.

T

9. 350) Fungi that cause systemic mycoses are uniformly acquired by ingesting contaminated food.

T

10. 351) All stages of Ixodes, the vector for Lyme disease, may feed on humans.

F

11. 352) Dermatophytes, which live on the surface of the skin, are always pathogenic.

T

12. 353) The seriousness of Coccidioides infection can be attributed to the formation and rupture of spherules.