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A man following tooth extraction develops a swollen jaw that has hard lumps & draining sinuses. Small yellowish granules can be seen in the exudate . When examined under microscope, it can be seen that fine filaments make up the granules. The organism had to be isolated using anaerobic methods. The CA is best describing as?

a) A filamentous fungus
b) An obligate intracellular pathogen
c) An acid fast bacterium
d) Yeast
e) Non acid – fast bacterium
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Nocardia is weak acid fast
E. This is actinomyces
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