A patient presents with a circular, itchy, inflamed skin lesion that is slightly raised; it is on his left side where his dog sleeps next to him. His dog has had some localized areas of hair loss. The patient has no systemic symptoms. What would you expect to find in a KOH of skin scrapings?
A) Clusters of yeastlike cells and short curved septate hyphae B) Hyphae with little branching but possibly with some hyphae breaking up into arthroconidia C) Filariform larvae D) Budding yeasts with some pseudohyphae and true hyphae E) Large budding yeast cells with broad bases on the buds and thick cell walls