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?

Reagents for the direct examination of skin, hair, and nails should contain ________ for digestion of keratin:

Match the fungal disease (mycoses) with where the infection occurs:

Through receptor molecules on their surfaces, these cells are able to bind to specific antigens and help remove them from the body

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: