A 45-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Several

A 45-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to several days of cough and fever.  His temperature is 38.4 C (101.2 F) , blood pressure is 117/76 mm Hg, pulse is 92/min, and respirations are 18/min.  Physical examination of the right lung reveals occasional rales and decreased breath sounds at the base.  A chest x-ray demonstrates a lung infiltrate, hilar adenopathy, and a right-sided pleural effusion.  Lung tissue obtained from the patient reveals the findings in the image below: Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's condition?

A) Aspergillus fumigatus
B) Blastomyces dermatitidis
C) Coccidioides immitis
D) Cryptococcus neoformans
E) Cytomegalovirus
F) Histoplasma capsulatum
G) Rhizopus species
H) Sporothrix schenckii

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