Lab test interpretation
Skin Scrape Microscopy for Mycosis Diagnosis
Microscopic examination of skin scales in mycosis: identifying mycelial threads and fungal spores in a native preparation at 200x magnification.
Tag
Mycelium
Lab test interpretation
Arthroconidia in Skin and Nail Scrapings in Mycoses
Microscopic view of arthroconidia and sporulated mycelium in 20% KOH preparations from skin and nail mycoses caused by dermatophytes.
Lab test interpretation
Fungal Mycelium in Skin Scraping: KOH Microscopy
Microscopic examination of a skin scraping treated with potassium hydroxide (KOH). Detection of branching pathogenic fungal mycelium at 400x magnification.
Laboratory methods
Candida of Nails and Skin: KOH Microscopy of Samples
Laboratory detection of Candida fungi: microscopy of scrapes with 20% KOH. Blastospores, pseudomycelium of the fungus in onychomycosis and candidal paronychia.
Lab test interpretation
Fungal Mycelium in Nail Scraping for Onychomycosis
Microscopic image of fungal mycelium in a foot nail scraping, suspected onychomycosis. Features of slide preparation with alkali treatment.
Parasitology
Fungal Mycelium in Nail Scraping for Onychomycosis Diagnosis
Microscopic examination of a nail plate scraping with 20% KOH: detection of branching, septate mycelial threads in onychomycosis diagnosis.
Parasitology
Microscopic Examination of Hair in Trichophytosis
Microscopy of hair affected by Trichophyton fungi. Features of detecting mycelial filaments and dermatophyte spores in a native preparation with 20% KOH.
Lab test interpretation
Microscopy of Candida Yeast-Like Fungi in Stained Smear
Morphology of Candida yeast-like fungi in a stained smear: detection of pseudomycelial filaments and budding blastospores by light microscopy.
Lab test interpretation
Yeast Fungi and Pseudomycelium in Urine Sediment
Detection of mycelial filaments and budding yeast cells in urine sediment: microscopic picture in mycosis and contamination with vaginal discharge.
Lab test interpretation
Morphology of Aspergillus niger Culture in Otomycosis
Characteristic macro- and microscopic features of a pure Aspergillus niger culture isolated from an ear swab: conidiophores, conidia, and mycelium.
Lab test interpretation
Dermatophyte Mycelium in Skin Scrape Preparations
Microscopy of skin scrapes: detecting branching septate dermatophyte mycelium in native preparations with 20% KOH for cutaneous mycoses.
Lab test interpretation
Sputum Microscopy: Yeast-like Fungi and Mycelium
Features of microscopic examination of native sputum: detection of budding yeast-like fungi and mycelial filaments in the analysis.