Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

A young boy develops itchy, dry scaly lesions on his leg with a raised, red, outer edge. A culture of the lesion reveals the following organism in a lactophenol cotton blue stain. This organism is most likely A young boy develops itchy, dry scaly lesions on his leg with a raised, red, outer edge. A culture of the lesion reveals the following organism in a lactophenol cotton blue stain. This organism is most likely   A) Trichophyton spp. B) Mucor spp. C) Microsporum canis. D) Blastomyces dermatitidis.


A) Trichophyton spp.
B) Mucor spp.
C) Microsporum canis.
D) Blastomyces dermatitidis.

Answer

C