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A 33-Year-Old Mexican Fruit Picker Presents to a Free Clinic

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A 33-year-old Mexican fruit picker presents to a free clinic with subcutaneous nodular lesions along the lymphatics from the initial site of trauma 3 weeks ago caused by a plum thorn puncture. What is the nature of the most likely causative agent?


A) Acid-fast organism
B) Dimorphic fungus
C) Filamentous fungus
D) Gram-positive coccus
E) Gram-negative rod
F) Helminth

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