Yeasts

Ungraded Practice Question

The colony shown in the upper image was recovered from peritoneal fluid of a patient receiving continuous peritoneal dialysis. The lower image is a photomicrograph prepared from a small portion of the colony illustrating the microscopic morphology. Each of the following species of yeast can be eliminated except:

Please select the single best answer

Candida albicans
Rhodotorula rubra
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Cryptococcus neoformans

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