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Laboratory Techniques Flashcards

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detects fungal elements from skin, hair and nails

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10-20% KOH

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serve as preservative and stain

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Lactophenol Cotton Blue

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to demonstrate C. neoformans capsule in temporary mount

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India ink / Nigrosin

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to demonstrate chitin in cell wall

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Calcofluor white stain

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consider as the best stain in direct microscopy

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Calcofluor white stain

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Example of Temporary Mounts

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10-20% KOH
Lactophenol Cotton Blue
India ink / Nigrosin
Calcofluor white stain

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Example of Permanent Mounts

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Periodic acid Schiff and Gomori’s Methanamine Silver
Mayer’s Mucicarmine
Fontana Masson and H&E Giemsa or Wright’s
Gram stain and
Acid fast/Kinyoun stain

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Demonstrate fluorescens of fungal elements usually hair

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Wood Lamp

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9
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detect fungi in histologic sections

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Periodic acid Schiff and Gomori’s Methanamine
Silver

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demonstrate C. neoformans in permanent mount

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Mayer’s Mucicarmine

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detects hyphal pigmentation

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Fontana Masson and H&E

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detects yeast within
mononuclear cells (ie. Histoplasma capsulatum)

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Giemsa or Wright’s

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Incubation temperature for fungi

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  • 25-30degC or RT
  • Ambient air (most fungi grow within 2 weeks incubation)
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Antimicrobial agents in
Fungal media

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  • Chloramphenicol
  • Cycloheximide
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prevent bacterial overgrowth

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Chloramphenicol

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prevent saprophytic fungi

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Cycloheximide

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Culture media for Aspergillus

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Czapek agar

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Culture media for dermpatophytes

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Mycosel/Mycobiotic

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Culture media to stimulate chlamydospore formation of C. albicans

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Cornmeal agar

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Culture media for primary recovery of saprobic and pathogenic fungi (Nocardia spp.)

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Sabouraud’s Dextrose agar

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Culture media for C.
neoformans

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Bird seed, Niger seed, Staib’s medium

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