Fungal and Parasitic Infections USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 45 year old man living near the Great Lakes presents with chronic cough, low grade fever, and several verrucous skin lesions on the face and arms. Chest radiograph shows patchy alveolar infiltrates. Biopsy of a skin lesion reveals broad based budding yeast. Which of the following organisms is the most likely cause of this disease?
Answer choices
- AHistoplasma capsulatum
- BCryptococcus neoformans
- CBlastomyces dermatitidisCorrect answer
- DSporothrix schenckii
- ECoccidioides immitis
- FParacoccidioides brasiliensis
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