Yeasts

Question

This photomicrograph is an acid-fast stained smear prepared from a yeast colony growing on ascospore agar. A helmet-shaped, red-staining, acid fast yeast cell is seen in the center of view at the tip of the arrow, against the background, blue-staining blastoconidia. The presumptive identification of Hansenula anomala was made. Predisposing conditions that may indicate that this isolate is more than a contaminant include:

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

Intravenous drug use

Indwelling intravenous catheter

Community acquired pneumonia

Low fat diet

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