KOH Mount

Funguria-Introduction, Common fungi, Clinical Feature, Lab Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Introduction Funguria refers to the presence of fungi in the urine, either due to colonization, contamination, or true urinary tract…

9 months ago

Fungal Pneumonia-Introduction, Common fungi, Clinical Feature, Lab Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Introduction Fungal pneumonia or invasive fungal pulmonary infection is often life-threatening, especially in immunocompromised patients, such as those with cancer,…

9 months ago

Direct Microscopy Examination of Clinical Samples- Introduction, Purpose and Benefits, Methods, Applications, and Limitation

Introduction of Direct Microscopy Examination of Clinical Samples Direct microscopy examination of clinical samples, or wet mount examination, involves examining clinical…

12 months ago

Epidermophyton floccosum: Introduction, Morphology, Pathogenicity, Lab Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, and Keynotes

Introduction Epidermophyton floccosum is a dermatophyte fungus belonging to the group of fungi responsible for causing superficial fungal infections in…

3 years ago

KOH Wet Mount Preparation: Introduction, Principle, Test Requirements, Procedure, Result Interpretation, Uses, Keynotes, and Collection of KOH Mount Footages

Potassium hydroxide (KOH) Wet Mount Introduction The KOH Wet Mount is a very simple and important technique in mycology for presumptive…

4 years ago

Atlas of Fungi: Introduction, List of Contents, and Description

Introduction to Atlas of Fungi The name ‘ Atlas of Fungi’ is given even due to the vast spectrum of…

4 years ago