-Candidiasis

-Aspergillus

-zygomycosis

Rabi3h A. Al-shoshanRabi3h A. Al-shoshan

Mycology practical # 3:Mycology practical # 3:

I didn’t repeat wt we took at practical 1 and 2I didn’t repeat wt we took at practical 1 and 2^^ ^^

Yeasts: Yeasts:

Yeasts in clinical specimen: giemsa stained smear of sputum showing budding yeast and pseudohyphaebudding yeast and pseudohyphae.

candidiasiscandidiasis

Chlamydospores of Candida albicans on copn meal agar plateChlamydospores of Candida albicans on copn meal agar plate

Germ tube test . For identification of candida albicansGerm tube test . For identification of candida albicans

Aspergillosis: Aspergillosis:

Grocott’s methanamine silver ( GMS) stained the lung biopsy tissue secretion from a case of aspergilloma:

Showing the septate branching fungal hyphae of aspergillus with dimatiaceous branching.

giemsa stained smear of sputumsputum showing septate branching hyphae of aspergillus.

aspergillus fumigatusfumigatus from culture

aspergillus terreus terreus from culture

LPCB preparation of:

Zygomycosis Zygomycosis

Stained lung tissue sectionlung tissue section from a case of zygomycosiszygomycosis showing broad non-septate fungal hyphae

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LPCB preparation of RhizopusRhizopus species from culture