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Candida albicans: Pathogenesis, Diseases, Lab Diagnosis

Candida albicans is an endogenous organism found in 40 to 80% of normal humans as commensal in the gastrointestinal tract, oropharynx, and female genital tract. It is a commonest cause of candidiasis...

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Germ Tube Test: Principle, Procedure, Results

Germ tube test is a screening test for the presumptive identification of Candida albicans. Candida dubliniensis can also form germ tubes and Candida tropicalis can produce pseudohyphae that closely...

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Microscopic Identification of Fungi (Yeasts, Molds)

If you observe a probable fungus in the culture plate, colony characteristics are first assessed to determine the broad group of the isolate. Once the initial observations are made, the...

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Sporothrix: Characteristics, Pathogenesis and Lab Diagnosis

Sporothrix is a medically important dimorphic fungus. It is a causative agent of an occupational disease, sporotrichosis, also called Rose Gardner’s Disease. Other species of Sporothrix that...

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Dimorphic Fungi: Disease, Properties

Fungi can be broadly classified into two groups;  yeasts and molds. Yeasts are single-celled organisms that reproduce by budding, but molds grow as filament-like structures and reproduce...

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