Multiple Choice
A young man notices a darkened area of skin on the palm of his hand. It seems to be increasing in size over the past 2 weeks. His health care provider collects a skin scraping for microscopic examination, which shows septate hyphal elements and budding cells. This organism is most likely
A) Malassezia furfur.
B) Mucor spp.
C) Hortaea werneckii.
D) Microsporum canis.
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