Dimorphic Pathogens

Ungraded Practice Question

The colonies shown in the upper image, obtained from a biopsy of an ulcerating skin lesion of the arm, are growing on agar slants of Sabouraud's dextrose agar. The lower image is a photomicrograph of a lactophenol blue mount made from a portion of the colony growing in the left slant. The diagnosis is:

Please select the single best answer

Coccidioidomycosis
Blastomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Sporotrichosis

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