Lab test interpretation

Yeast-like Fungi and Pseudomycelium in Urine Sediment

Urine sediment microscopy in diabetes mellitus: detection of pseudomycelium and Candida yeast-like fungal spores amidst pronounced leukocyturia.

Native preparation of urine sediment: fungal pseudomycelium among a mass of leukocytes, x400
Native preparation of urine sediment: fungal pseudomycelium among a mass of leukocytes, x400

🔬 Pseudomycelium and yeast-like fungal spores in urine sediment from a patient with decompensated diabetes mellitus, amidst leukocytes densely covering the field of view. Magnification x400.

🙏 The publication was kindly provided by Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics Physician Ksenia Ereshchenko, Obninsk.