Fungal and Parasitic Infections USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 33 year old woman returns from a road trip in Arizona and develops fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain, and tender red nodules on the shins. Chest radiograph shows patchy infiltrates. Biopsy reveals large spherules filled with endospores. Which of the following organisms is the most likely cause of this illness?
Answer choices
- AAspergillus fumigatus
- BHistoplasma capsulatum
- CCoccidioides immitisCorrect answer
- DBlastomyces dermatitidis
- EPneumocystis jirovecii
- FCryptococcus neoformans
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