Microscopic examination of skin scrapings in a native preparation with 40% KOH: detection of Candida albicans pseudomycelium and Malassezia furfur mycelium with spores.
Fungal mycelium in skin scrapings, native preparation with 40% alkali. 1st photo - fungal mycelium thread from the genus Candida, most often Candida albicans. 2nd photo - mycelial threads and grape-like clusters of Malassezia furfur spores, the causative agent of pityriasis (tinea) versicolor.
🙏 The material was kindly provided by medical laboratory technician Elisey Zhigulev from the Dermatovenerologic Dispensary in Ulyanovsk,
Microscopy of a sputum smear with Ziehl-Neelsen staining: detection of pseudomycelium and blastospores of yeast-like fungi against a background of squamous epithelial cells.
Microscopic view of vaginal candidiasis: detection of spores and pseudomycelium of Candida yeast-like fungi in a smear stained by Romanowsky method.
Microscopic view of candidiasis: detection of pseudomycelial filaments and Candida yeast-like fungal spores in a vaginal flora smear.
