A 79-year-old female nursing home patient was admitted to the hospital with a fever and central nervous system dysfunction. Routine blood work and blood cultures were ordered. After 48 hours, the blood cultures revealed a budding yeast. The following tests performed from Sabouraud dextrose agar (after 3 days of growth) showed: Germ tube = Neg growth Birdseed agar = Brown Urease = + Pseudohyphae = Neg Blastospores =+ Chlamydospores = Neg Arthrospores = Neg Assimilation agar = + (dextrose, sucrose, maltose) What is the most likely identification?
A. Candida albicans
B. Cryptococcus laurentii
C. Cryptococcus neoformans
D. Candida tropicalis