Multiple choice

After complete medical check up, doctor told a couple that their daughter is suffering from CNS zygomycosis, which is a fungal disesae. Which of the following is the causative agent of CNS zygomycosis?

  1. Absidia corymbifera

  2. Conidiobolus coronatus

  3. Cunninghamella bertholletiae

  4. Mucor

  5. Rhizomucor pusillus

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A Correct answer
Explanation

It is a common human pathogen causing pulmonary, rhinocerebral, disseminated, CNS  zygomycosis. It is a small pyriform shaped sporangia with a characteristic conical shaped columellae and pronounced apophysis.