A 75-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a burning, itching sensation on the right side of her chest for 7

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A 75-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a burning, itching sensation on the right side of her chest for 7 days and a rash in this same area for the past 3 days. Her temperature is 37.3°C (99.1°F). Examination shows clustered skin lesions overlying two ribs near the right axillary line in the mid-thorax and on the back near the right scapula. Some of the lesions are fluid-filled blisters and others have crusty scabs. Light microscopy is most likely to show which of the following findings?


A. Branching fungal hyphae without yeast forms
B. Diffuse separation of dermis and epidermis
C. Granular deposits of lgA at the tips of dermal papillae
D. lmmunofluorescent staining for C3 along the epidermal basement membrane
E. Multinucleated giant cells and neutrophil infiltrates
F. Nonbranching fungal hyphae with abundant yeast forms