A culture of an infected hair that broke off close to the scalp produces a wine-red reverse on culture.  Microscopically, rare macroconidia are seen with numerous microconidia that vary in size and shape, that are perpendicular to the hyphae  The organism produces an intense red color on PDA.  The organism which causes this infection is:

The most sensitive test for the initial diagnosis of Cryptococcal disease is:

A culture of a strand of hair that fluoresced with a Wood’s lamp produced a slow-growing, flat lemon-yellow colony with a light yellow-brown reverse. The following macroconidia were observed. The most probable identification is:  

In terms of federal courts, every state has at least

Appeal courts have

Which of the following organisms must always be worked with under a biological safety hood?

By tradition, judges who come from a particular state are

The urease test, niger bird seed agar test, and the germ tube test are all used for the identification of:

______ courts set precedents that are binding on the ______ courts in their ______.

A specimen of hair from a child with low-grade scaling lesions of the scalp fluoresced under a Wood lamp.  Culture identified the organism as Microsporum audouinii.  Which of the following is most likely true of the microscopic observations?