Question 5

(Multiple Choice)

A patient who wears long-term contact lenses comes to her physician after noting a small spot on her cornea. Collection of the lesion for culture produced a fast-growing mold with a slight pink color on the surface. Microscopic review showed the following organism. This organism is most likely A patient who wears long-term contact lenses comes to her physician after noting a small spot on her cornea. Collection of the lesion for culture produced a fast-growing mold with a slight pink color on the surface. Microscopic review showed the following organism. This organism is most likely   A) Sporothrix schenckii. B) Fusarium spp. C) Mucor spp. D) Geotrichum spp.


A) Sporothrix schenckii.
B) Fusarium spp.
C) Mucor spp.
D) Geotrichum spp.

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