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Microscopic examination of a fungus cultured from a patient with athlete’s foot showed large smooth-walled club-shaped macroconidia appearing singly or in clusters of two or three from the tips of short conidiophores. However, the colonies did not produce microconidia. What is the most likely ID?

When performing a gram stain, in what order are the reagents used?

An aspirate of a deep wound was plated on blood agar and incubated aerobically and anaerobically. At 24 hours, there was growth on both plates. This indicates that the organism is a/an:

If a blood smear is dried too slowly, the red blood cells are often:

A physician calls from the emergency room of an outlying urgent care center. They are seeing a patient with a suspected case of epiglottitis. Their laboratory is unclear as to how to process the sample. You tell them that this sample should be plated, at least, to which of the following media?

The proper blood-to-broth ratio for blood cultures to reduce the antibacterial effect of serum in adults is:

Artifacts found in stool specimens that can be confused with ova or cysts are:

An elderly male patient, who was a cigar smoker, visited his physician complaining of a cough and congestion of the lungs. After routine cultures of his sputum proved negative for bacterial pathogens, AFB included, the physician ordered fungal cultures. After 3 days, a mold grew on Sabouraud dextrose agar with the following characteristics:  Hyphae = septate with dichotomous branchingSpores = produced by conidial heads with numerous conidiaColonies = velvety or powdery, white at first, then turning dark greenish-gray(Reverse = white to tan)Vesicle = holding phialides on the upper 2/3 only What is the most likely identification?

The inclusions in the cells below are from a patient with which of the following disease?

Prior to issue, visual inspection of blood components must include inspection for: