The accompanying high power photomicrograph shows a biopsy of the buccal mucosa from an immunocompetent patient who had been taking broad spectrum antibiotics.Which one of the following is the best diagnosis?

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The photomicrograph shows the pseudohyphae of Candida albicans.It is a common yeast that often presents as mucosal lesions (thrush)in people who have been treated with broad spectrum antibiotics,allowing the yeast to overgrow the normal bacterial florAThis may occur even in people with a normal immune system.The other fungi occur mainly in people who are immunosuppresseDHerpes simplex virus causes a vesicular (blistering)lesion,and only viral inclusions (not fungal hyphae)would be seen.

The Accompanying High Power Photomicrograph Shows a Biopsy of the Buccal