A patient who wears long-term contact lenses comes to her physician after noting a small spot on her cornea.Collection of the lesion for culture produced a fast-growing mold with a slight pink color on the surface.Microscopic review showed the following organism.This organism is most likely:

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Fusarium is frequently seen in mycotic dermatitis.In bone marrow transplant patients, mortality from infections caused by the fusaria approaches 100%.Normally, abundant macroconidia with fewer microconidia are produced on vegetative hyphae.Macroconidia are banana- or canoe-shaped and are formed singly, in small clusters, or they may cluster together in mats termed sporodochia.CDC PHIL #4011

A Patient Who Wears Long-Term Contact Lenses Comes to Her