A urine culture grows >100,000 colonies/mL of a pinpoint gray colony. Gram stain of the colony reveals blastoconidia. A RIOT agar is set up and read at 24 and 48 hours.
Source: CDC and Dr. Leanor Haley
What is the presumptive identification of this organism?
A) Candida dubliniensis
B) C. glabrata
C) C) albicans
D) C. tropicalis
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