Wood's Lamp is used in the diagnosis of:
APityriasis versicolor
BTinea pedis
CSporotrichosis
DAll of the options
A 27-year-old intravenous drug user presents with difficulty swallowing. Examination of the oropharynx reveals white plaques along the tongue and the oral mucosa. Which of the following best describes the microscopic appearance of the microorganism responsible for this patient's illness?
ABudding yeast and pseudohyphae
BEncapsulated yeast
CMold with nonseptate hyphae
DMold with septate hyphae
Histoplasma capsulatum, a dimorphic fungus found in soil heavily contaminated with bird droppings, is identified in tissue biopsies by which of the following characteristics?
AYeasts with broad-based buds
BSingle-cell yeasts with pseudohyphae
CArthrospores
DOval budding yeasts within macrophages
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