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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 

Among youth who report use of illicit substances, the most commonly reported primary abused substance is ______.

______ is designated for youth with substance abuse issues who have medium to high risk of other offenses or recidivism.

Cybercrime can range from small-time online credit card theft to a complicated and large ______ scheme.

All the following antibiotics are used to treat mycoplasma infections except:

Cultures for Mycoplasma pneumoniae should be incubated for:

How has the treatment of mycobacterial disease changed in light of the multidrug-resistant strains of mycobacteria that are being isolated? (zoom ?)

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  

A patient with very pale patches on his arms and legs is examined at his physician’s office. His physician orders a fungal culture. The fungus shows a spaghetti-and-meatball appearance on the direct smear. What organism is it?

One of the factors that allows Mycoplasma to infect the respiratory tract and the urogenital tract is that: