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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