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List the steps in AFB processing in the correct order they are performed ( 1-4):  

This dimorphic fungus causes ‘Rose Gardener’s’ disease; is a dematiaceous mold; exhibits delicate hyphae with ‘flowerets’ of conidia:

This opportunistic fungus exhibits flask shaped phialides with chains for round conidia; on a SAB media plate looks velvety white then blue-green powdery with white edges:

This Dimorphic fungus causes ‘San Joaquin Valley Fever’; has ‘Barrel shaped conidia:

List the steps in AFB processing in the correct order they are performed ( 1-4):  

match the dermatophyte name to its disease name

If Pseudomonas is suspected in a clinical specimen for AFB culture, what is a better decontaminate to use besides NaOH?

Mycobacterium leprae is non-cultivable.

This Dimorphic fungus causes ‘San Joaquin Valley Fever’; has ‘Barrel shaped conidia:

match the dermatophyte name to its disease name