Fungal and Parasitic Infections USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 57 year old man with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus is admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis. Two days later he develops facial pain, headache, fever, and a black necrotic lesion on the nasal turbinate. Biopsy shows broad ribbon like hyphae without septations and right angle branching. Which of the following is the most likely causal organism?
Answer choices
- ACryptococcus neoformans
- BAspergillus fumigatus
- CCandida albicans
- DMucor speciesCorrect answer
- ESporothrix schenckii
- FRhizopus species
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