A 28-Year-Old Woman Was Gardening When a Rose Thorn Pricked

Multiple Choice

A 28-year-old woman was gardening when a rose thorn pricked her finger, which later became infected.A sample is taken of the exudate and sent to the microbiology laboratory.Small, round, cigar-shaped structures are microscopically observed.She is most likely infected with which type of fungi?

A) Malassezia furfur
B) Histoplasma capsulatum
C) Sporothrix schenckii
D) Fonsecaea pedrosoi