This photomicrograph is a representative field of a Wright-Giemsa-stained bone marrow aspirate in which a pair of budding yeast cells is seen centrally (arrows). Based on the appearance of these yeast cells, what other test would you expect to be positive? from Mycology: Yeasts and Dimorphic Pathogens, presented by MediaLab

Yeasts

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This photomicrograph is a representative field of a Wright-Giemsa-stained bone marrow aspirate in which a pair of budding yeast cells is seen centrally (arrows). Based on the appearance of these yeast cells, what other test would you expect to be positive?

Please select the single best answer

	A positive test for Candida manans in serum
	A positive test for Cryptococcus antigen in the urine
	A positive test for the "band one" precipitin of P. brasiliensis in serum
	A positive test for a histoplasmin M or H band in serum

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