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Mould Identification: A Virtual Self Assessment

Unknown 16 - August 2006

Case History: A 26-year-old male renal transplant patient prsented with
a nodular lesion on the right leg. A tissue biopsy was taken and
histological examination revealed the presence of fungal hyphae
and cultures grew the fungus shown below.

Direct Microscopy: PAS stained tissue section

Culture:

Microscopy:

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