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<quiz-item choice question="Choose the correct answer" text="Three-year-old female cat. Unexplained death. Which of the following organisms is most likely?" options="Cryptococcus neoformans|Histoplasma capsulatum|Blastomyces dermatitidis|Coccidioides immitis" answer="Histoplasma capsulatum">
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  * Yeast
  * Intracellular
  * Small 2-5μm

^ Feature ^ Histoplasma sp. ^ Cryptococcus ^ Blastomyces ^ Coccidioides ^
| Location | Intracellular | Extracellular | Intra or Extracellular | Extracellular |
| Capsule |  | Abundant |  |  |
| Size | 3-5μm | 2-10μm | 8-25μm | 20-30μm  |
| Budding | Narrow-based | Narrow-based | Broad-based | Do not bud in animal tissues |
| Other |  |  |  | Endospores |


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