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Topic: Mycology 2016-05-31
Difficulty: Easy
Author:  Carey-Ann Burnham
Question Type: Single Best Answer
Please select the single BEST answer choice.

A 48 year old woman status-post hematopoietic stem cell transplant presents with neutropenic fever.  On exam, it is observed that she has a black lesion near her toenail.  A biopsy of the lesion is submitted for culture. 

After approximately five days of incubation, an isolate is recovered from the mycology culture; the following microscopic morphology of the isolate is observed.





What disease is this organism causing?
A. Zygomycosis
B. Phaeohyphomycosis
C. Actinomycosis
D. Hyalohyphomycosis
E. Candidiasis

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