Yeasts

Ungraded Practice Question

Shown in this photomicrograph is a Gomori methenamine silver stain of a lung biopsy obtained from a patient with X-ray evidence of multi-focal pneumonitis. The yeast most likely to be recovered in culture of this tissue is:

Please select the single best answer

Candida albicans
Torulopsis (Candida) glabrata
Cryptococcus neoformans
Geotrichum candidum

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