Yeasts

Question

The colonies illustrated in this photograph were recovered from a blood culture after 48 hour incubation at 30°C. The most likely source for the septicemia is:

Please select the single best answer

The urinary tract

The lung

Cardiac valves

Intravenous catheter

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