Blood cultures were drawn on a patient suspected of having a…
Blood cultures were drawn on a patient suspected of having a fungemia. Positive cultures reveal the presence of chlamydoconidia on cornmeal agar. In addition, the yeast is germ-tube positive. The most likely identification of the fungal agent is:
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A urine culture from a patient with a urinary tract infection that resulted in growth of a yeast with the following reactions:negative germ tubeurease negativeblastoconidia only (no pseudohyphae) when grown on cornmeal agar The most likely identification is:
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The laboratory professional has received a CSF specimen that needs to be rejected. The laboratorian calls the physician and tells the physician the specimen is unacceptable and the reason. The physician insists that the culture needs to be performed on this unacceptable specimen. What should the microbiologist do?
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