Which fungus has a "spaghetti and meatball" appearance on KOH prep?_____
_____ produces melanocyte damaging acids (Azelaic acid) via lipid degradation
_____ is used to prep oral scrapings when attempting to diagnose oral candidiasis
_____ is an opportunistic fungal infection that presents with rhinocerebral and frontal lobe abscesses.
Tinea is commonly referred to as '_____''
Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator americanus (hookworm)
Dracunulus medinensis
Onchocerca volvulus
Loa loa
Wuchereria bancrofti
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