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The first televised U.S. presidential debates were between

Winning the U.S. presidency would be guaranteed by winning at least how many Electoral College votes?

U.S. presidents can rarely rely on full support from their own party members, because congressional voting decisions are influenced by all the following factors EXCEPT

Several children at a summer camp have lesions on their feet along with infected toenails.  The organism has an olive/brown surface with a yellow periphery and a pale yellow reverse. Microscopically, smooth 2-4 celled club-shaped macroconidia and no microconidia are observed. This organism is most likely:

A urine culture from a patient with a urinary tract infection yields a white colony of yeast that is germ tube negative, produces blastoconidia only on cornmeal agar, is urease negative, and assimilates trehalose.  The most likely identification is:

Which of the following is true of using tube cultures versus petri plates for fungal culture:

A rapid growing (2-5 days) culture of fluffy blue-green colonies from a respiratory specimen obtained from an immunocompromised ICU patient showed septate hyaline hyphae with many conidiophores. The tips of the conidiophores expand into large dome-shaped vesicles with bottle-shaped phialides covering the upper half or two-thirds of its surface. Long chains of conidia are present at the ends of the phialides. At the base of the conidiophore, a “foot cell” is seen attaching the conidiophore to the septate hyphae. The most likely organism is?

A rapidly growing, sparsely septate mold produced colonies with a grey surface resembling cotton candy that covered the entire plate. Microscopic examination revealed sporangiophores arising between, not opposite, the rhizoids and producing pear-shaped sporangia. What is the most likely identification?

There are ______ regional circuits of the U.S. federal courts.

The recovery of some fungal organisms, such as Lichtheimia, Aspergillus, Mucor, and Rhizopus, may be compromised by the addition of the following to the media: