A Patient with Thickened and Discolored Nails Was Diagnosed with Onychomycosis

question 25

Multiple Choice

A patient with thickened and discolored nails was diagnosed with onychomycosis. A scraping of the nail was sent for culture. Microscopic analysis of the mold colony growth revealed the following morphology. The most likely identity of this organism is

• A) Microsporum canis.
• B) Sporothrix schenckii.
• C) Aspergillus fumigatus.
• D) Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

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