Soft cheese imported from Mexico was implicated as the source in an outbreak of meningitis that occurred among attendees of a large company picnic. Gram-positive, nonspore forming, motile, coccobacilli were isolated from the cheese that had been stored in the cold. The organism most likely responsible for this outbreak is:

An isolate from an immunosuppressed patient’s CSF growing on cornmeal agar produces the following structures: contains blastospores, no pseudohyphae, arthrospores, or chlamydospores.  What tests should be performed next?

A helminth egg is described as having terminal polar plugs.  The most likely helminth is:

Which of the following stains is used to visualized fungal structures in tease preparations and slide cultures?

Which statement is true concerning the differentiation of Group B Strep and Listeria?

Match the image of the microscopic fungal features to the correct genus.

What is the basis of the PCR for HIV detection?

Sporogony refers to:

Broad-based budding is associated with:

Examination of a throat culture from a 9-year old female with a “scratchy throat” reveals the following: moderate growth of small, alpha-hemolytic colonies; light growth of opaque, white, nonhemolytic colonies; and tiny, translucent colonies within a large zone of beta hemolysis on sheep blood agar.  You conclude: