Prior to returning to college for the fall, a 20-year-old male presents with numerous nodules and ulcers on this fingers. His history is significant because he worked for the summer on a farm bailing hay. The physician swabs the ulcers and sends the specimen to the microbiology department for routine and fungal culture. The routine culture showed no growth at 48 hours. Growth on the fungal agars incubated at 35°C and room temperature appear in the images provided.
35°C incubation
Source: CDC and Dr. Lucille K. Georg
25°C incubation
Source: CDC and Dr. William Kaplan
On microscopic examination of the 35 degree isolate, you would expect to see.
A) Broad based budding yeast
B) Arthrospores
C) Yeast resembling cigar bodies
D) Spherules
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