TOPIC: RANDOM MIX
An agricultural worker from the San Joaquin Valley presents with chronic, indolent granulomatous osteomyelitis of the distal radius. Radiographs show lytic lesions with minimal reactive sclerosis. Histological biopsy reveals distinct thick-walled spherules containing endospores. Which of the following is the causative organism?
A
Histoplasma capsulatum
B
Sporothrix schenckii
C
Blastomyces dermatitidis
D
Coccidioides immitis