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Mucormycosis: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Treatment

Mucormycosis, previously called 'zygomycosis', also known as 'black fungus disease 'in online or print media after its epidemic in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, is a serious but rare fungal...

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Sample Collections for Lab Diagnosis of Fungal Infections

The specimen for the laboratory diagnosis of fungal diseases depends on the site of infection. Hair, nail clippings, skin scrapings, blood, CSF, and sputum are the most common clinical specimens for...

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Dermatophyte Test Medium (DTM): Composition, Preparation, Uses

Dermatophyte Test Medium (DTM) is a specialized selective and differential medium used in medical mycology to differentiate dermatophytes (ringworm) from other fungi. Taplin and colleagues developed...

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Blastomyces dermatitidis: Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis

Blastomyces dermatitidis is a thermally dimorphic fungus that grows as a mycelial form in the environment and as a thick-walled budding yeast in tissues (at 37°C). It causes blastomycosis, a chronic...

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link to Slide Culture for Fungi: Principle, Procedure, Results

Slide Culture for Fungi: Principle, Procedure, Results

Slide-culture is a rapid method of preparing fungal colonies for examination and identification with little disturbance as possible. Fungal isolates are grown directly on the slide on a thin film of...

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Pneumocystis jirovecii: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis

Pneumocystis jirovecii (previously known as Pneumocystis carinii) is an opportunistic atypical fungal pathogen that does not respond to conventional anti-fungal agents*. P. jirovecii is an organism...

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