Which is false about Penicillium marneffei: (A) Black colonies, (B) Dimorphic fungi, (C) Amphotericin B is used for treatment, (D) Causes fulminant infections in immunocompromised patients
Answer is A. Penicillium marneffei - initially colonies are velvety and white and later own becomes powdery and blue-green. P.marneffei has been repoed as an impoant oppounist pathogen in the HIV infected individuals. The fungus is unique among penicillium being dimorphic. As it is a fungus it can treated with amphotericin B. Ref: Baveja textbook of microbiology; 4th edition