Learn to identify Alternaria fungal spores in urine sediment. Understand why finding conidia is an artifact with no diagnostic significance.
Chains of Alternaria in urine. No diagnostic significance. Magnification x40
Microscopy of urine sediment: differential diagnosis of plant pollen from protozoan cysts and helminth eggs. Artifacts in general urine analysis.
Clinical case of urine analysis in a man with 0.25 g/L protein: native sediment microscopy, differential diagnosis of casts, epithelium, and artifacts.
Clinical case of urine sediment microscopy in an ICU patient: differential diagnosis of a suspicious inclusion, oocysts, and artifacts.
