Microscopy of affected hair in trichophytosis with 20% KOH preparation. Detection of dermatophyte spores and mycelia in laboratory diagnosis of dermatomycoses.
Trichophytosis. Hair, KOH 20%, magnification x400+zoom
👉 Material kindly provided by medical laboratory technician Dmitry Emelyanov.
Microscopic diagnosis of tinea capitis (Microsporum) in 20% KOH solution: morphology of spores around hair in dermatophytosis.
Microscopic diagnosis of endothrix trichophytosis: spore location inside the hair, 20% KOH preparations, and causative agents like Trichophyton.
Laboratory detection of Candida fungi: microscopy of scrapes with 20% KOH. Blastospores, pseudomycelium of the fungus in onychomycosis and candidal paronychia.
