A 45-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Several

question 112

Multiple Choice

A 45-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to several days of cough and fever.  His temperature is 38.4 C (101.2 F) , blood pressure is 117/76 mm Hg, pulse is 92/min, and respirations are 18/min.  Physical examination of the right lung reveals occasional rales and decreased breath sounds at the base.  A chest x-ray demonstrates a lung infiltrate, hilar adenopathy, and a right-sided pleural effusion.  Lung tissue obtained from the patient reveals the findings in the image below: Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's condition?

• A)Aspergillus fumigatus
• B)Blastomyces dermatitidis
• C)Coccidioides immitis
• D)Cryptococcus neoformans
• E)Cytomegalovirus
• F)Histoplasma capsulatum
• G)Rhizopus species
• H)Sporothrix schenckii

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