Dimorphic Pathogens

Ungraded Practice Question

Procedures for the rapid culture confirmation of suspected colonies of B. dermatitidis, C. immitis and H. capsulatum recovered from clinical specimens include:

More than one answer is correct. Please select all correct answers

Direct microscopic examination
Exoantigen extraction
Nucleic acid probes
Yeast conversion

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