Musuq
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A 35-year-old man who takes street drugs intravenously develops fever, cough, and hemoptysis. X-ray film of the chest shows bilateral infiltrates. Echocardiogram discloses a 1-cm mass that is attached to the tricuspid valve. Blood culture grows yeast. The most likely causal organism is?
A ) Aspergillus flavus
B ) Candida albicans
C ) Cryptococcus neoformans
D ) Histoplasma capsulatum
E ) Mucor species
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| PatriciaLim
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B or C
i think i will go with B bcoz of the pulmonary symtems
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| keepgoing
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IV drug abuse--->signs--->???endocarditis--->Ca ndida albicans
cud be Cryptococcus neoformans --->pulm sign&symp but --->usually pat is asymtomatic  and ECHO rule out this and confirm endocarditis
anyone plz help
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| disha
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b
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| Allison
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B. Candida albican can cause Endocarditis (with transient septicemias)/ IV drug abusers.
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| bactitech
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