A 28-year-old woman was gardening when a rose thorn pricked her finger, which later became infected. A sample is taken of the exudate and sent to the microbiology laboratory. Small, round, cigar-shaped structures are microscopically observed. She is most likely infected with which type of fungi?
a. Malassezia furfur
b. H. capsulatum
c. S. schenckii
d. Fonsecaea pedrosoi
C
Small, round, cigar-shaped structures describe the morphologic appearance of S. schenckii, which is associated with gardening since the organism is found in the soil.
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gastrulation in humans. a. a notochord b. the primitive streak c. mesoderm d. neural folds e. somites
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A) LINE elements B) SINE elements C) P elements D) Copia elements E) Ty elements
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A) alleles B) mutants C) meiotic products D) phenotypes E) genotypes