Microscopic view of arthroconidia and sporulated mycelium in 20% KOH preparations from skin and nail mycoses caused by dermatophytes.
Arthroconidia (sporulated mycelium). Skin, nails, KOH 20%, magnification x400+zoom. Microscopic findings of only arthroconidia are characteristic of mycoses caused by dermatophytes, Onychocola canadiensis, and Scitalidium spp.
🙏 Material kindly provided by med. lab. technician Dmitry Emelyanov.
Examples of skin and nail scraping microscopy in mycoses: visualization of mycelial threads, arthrospore chains, and pathogenic fungal elements in native preparations.
Microscopy of skin scrapes: detecting branching septate dermatophyte mycelium in native preparations with 20% KOH for cutaneous mycoses.
Microscopic examination of a nail plate scraping for suspected onychomycosis. Detection of branching fungal mycelial threads in a native preparation.
