Answer to the Photo Quiz: Were those hyphae or pseudohyphae in blood culture?

J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Feb 14;62(2):e0082423. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00824-23. Epub 2024 Feb 14.

Authors

Eugene Y H Yeung^{1

2}, Vincent Deslandes^{1

2

3}, Juthaporn Cowan^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Microbiology, Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA) , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 38353569
PMCID: PMC10865819 (available on 2024-08-14)
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00824-23

Abstract

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Keywords: Fusarium; anticancer; antifungal agents; antimicrobial combinations; coagulation; filamentous fungi; immunocompromised hosts; leukemia; mycology; neutropenia.

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MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Blood Culture
Fungi
Fusarium*
Humans
Hyphae*

Substances

Antifungal Agents