08-16-2006, 12:35 PM
A 35 year old man who takes street drugs by IV develops fever, cough, and hemoptysis. X-ray film of the chest shows bilateral infiltrates. Echocardiogram discloses a 1 cm mass that is attached to the tricuspid valve. Blood cultures grows yeast. The most likely causal organism is
a)aspergillus flavus
b)candida albicans
c)Cryptococcus neoformans
d)histoplasma capsulatum
e)mucor species
a)aspergillus flavus
b)candida albicans
c)Cryptococcus neoformans
d)histoplasma capsulatum
e)mucor species