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Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
Important Fungal ... and chitin in fungal ... exceptions are Aspergillus ... sensitive as Ag detection ... #microbiology #microscopy
Aspergillosis - Aspergillus - Fungal Pathology 

Septate hyphae, forms conidial heads - aspergillosis

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#aspergillosis
Aspergillosis - Aspergillus ... - Fungal Pathology ... aspergillosis UCSD ... #Fungal #Pathology ... #clinical #microscopy
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
component of many fungi ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... >90% (In most clinical ... malignancies • Detection ... closely related fungi
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
Common Fungal Pathology ... positive capsules UCSD ... Medicine @ucsdim #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy #table
Candida - Fungal Pathology 

Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae - candida

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#candida #Candidiasis #Fungal
Candida - Fungal ... pseudohyphae - candida UCSD ... #Candidiasis #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Coccidioidomycosis - coccidioides immitis - Fungal Pathology 

Spherules with multiple endospores - coccidioidomycosis

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#Coccidioidomycosis
coccidioides immitis - Fungal ... coccidioidomycosis UCSD ... coccidioides #immitis #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Mucorales (Mucormycosis) - Fungal Pathology 

Ribbon-like hyphae with right angle branching, rare septations — mucorales

UCSD Internal
Mucormycosis) - Fungal ... — mucorales UCSD ... #Mucormycosis #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Fungal Pathology 

Asteroid bodies (star-like) eosinophilic material surrounding yeasts - sporotrichosis

UCSD
Sporothrix schenckii - Fungal ... sporotrichosis UCSD ... Sporothrix #schenckii #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Blastomycosis - Blastomyces dermatitidis - Fungal Pathology 

Round, double refractile wall, single broad based bud -
dermatitidis - Fungal ... Blastomycosis UCSD ... #dermatitidis #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy
Cryptococcosis - Cryptococcus Neoformans - Fungal Pathology 

Narrow- budding yeast with mucicarmine positive capsules — cryptococcus
Cryptococcus Neoformans - Fungal ... neoformans UCSD ... Cryptococcosis #Neoformans #Fungal ... #Pathology #clinical ... #microscopy #yeast