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Cost-effective method for identification of dimorphic fungi
Alice D Hughes1, Giovanni D Lorusso, Donald L Greer
1Department of Pathology, COS-3, Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, 1601 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|September 15, 2004
Abstract:
Traditional methods to identify dimorphic fungi dictate that the mold be converted to the yeast phase at 35 to 37 degrees C. We present a time- and cost-saving method of confirming the identification of a dimorph by using special stains to demonstrate the yeast phase directly growing in the original clinical specimens.