09-09-2007, 12:22 PM
A 2-month-old infant is brought to the pediatrician with a serious diaper rash. On examination, the rash is deep red and shiny with a scalloped border with sharply demarcated edges. There are satellite lesions that are pustules and papules. A specimen from a skin scraping, when placed in a tube of animal serum at 37 C, would most likely produce which of the following?
(A) Conidiophores
(B) Germ tubes
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(D) Macroconidia
(E) Yeasts
(A) Conidiophores
(B) Germ tubes
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(D) Macroconidia
(E) Yeasts