Choosing one of the following systemic fungi, describe it’s key characteristics: including the mode of transmission, natural habitat/endemic region, the clinical significance/disease state, and microscopic observations (both stages). Fungi to choose from: Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Sporothrix schenckii, Coccidioides immitis.  

All of the following may cause chromoblastomycosis EXCEPT:

A neonatal blood culture collected through a catheter grows a small yeast.  The direct microscopic exam shows a mixture of hyphae and blastoconidia.  The blastoconidia are round at one end with a bud-like structure at the other.  The organism did not grow on routine Sabouraud Dextrose agar until oil was added.   The agent of this infection is most likely:

don’t stay in peripheral circulation long but migrate into tissues in a few hours, where they spend the rest of their lives and undergo the same aging process as neutrophils

Which of the following federal government programs must be planned on a 75-year timeline?

All of the following help to differentiate Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum EXCEPT:

Once they leave peripheral circulation and enter tissues, they’re called macrophages.

The CNS is seeking feedback from others to complete a self-evaluation of their own clinical practice to ensure they are effectively practicing ethical care. The CNS should seek feedback from all the following except?

A 24 year old from Southeast Asia was seen at a clinic with a chief complaint of weight loss and fever.  A complete blood count confirmed he was anemic.  Multiple skin lesions were present on his arms with some developing draining pus.  A gram stain of the pus revealed what appeared to be yeast-like cells.  A culture of the pus grew a blue-green mold, which produced a red soluble pigment on the agar.  The most likely causative agent is:

A patient with Hodgkin’s disease presents with headaches and nuccal rigidity (stiff neck). Cultures of the spinal fluid for bacteria are negative, but the laboratory reports growth of brown colony, encapsulated yeast on Niger Bird Seed agar. Which one of the following organisms is the most likely agent?