A patient with thickened and discolored nails was diagnosed…

A patient with thickened and discolored nails was diagnosed with onychomycosis. A scraping of the nail was sent for culture. Microscopic analysis of the mold colony growth revealed the following morphology. The most likely identity of this organism is: pic22.jpg 

A patient with a history of eating wild game comes to the ph…

A patient with a history of eating wild game comes to the physician with a history of diarrhea over the past 3 weeks. In addition he complains of fever, muscular pain and tenderness, headache, and general weakness. The patient also has a significant eosinophilia. A biopsy of a nodular area on his forearm is seen in the image below. This is consistent with a diagnosis of:pic25.jpg