A microbiologist is working the miscellaneous bench reading…
A microbiologist is working the miscellaneous bench reading stool cultures. The Skirrows Blood Agar plate from a culture has growth on the plate that was incubated at 42°C. The colonies are nonhemolytic, moist, “runny-looking”, and spreading. The Gram stain shows tiny Gram negative bacilli with some seagull-wing shapes. What is the most likely identification?
Read DetailsSeveral children at a summer camp have lesions on their feet…
Several children at a summer camp have lesions on their feet along with infected toe and finger nails. The organism has a khaki yellow top with tan reverse and smooth club shaped macroconidia with 2-4 cells and no microconidia. This organism is most likely:
Read DetailsA culture is taken from a subcutaneous nodule near a punctur…
A culture is taken from a subcutaneous nodule near a puncture wound on a gardener’s forearm. A mold at room temp showed septate hyphae with a daisy-flower conidia arrangement. At 37°C this culture produced cigar-shaped yeast. This organism is most likely:
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