Wednesday, June 17, 2009
spot it -8: answers
As indicated in comments, first one is aspergillus, with relatively uniform diameter and 45 degree branching ( acute angle branching), second one is mucormycosis having variable diameter of hyphae and mostly 90 degree branching
Friday, June 12, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Spot it-7 :answer
Both images are of budding yeast forms, first one shows tear drop shaped budding suggestive of cryptococcus, while second image shows broad based budding suggestive of blastomycosis.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Spot it 6: answer
Though they look like but these cells are NOT squamous cells. If we see carefully these cells are having geometric profiles, many have square or quadrangular appearance, characteristic feature of plant cells, contaminating the specimen.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Spot it 6
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Spot it 5: Answer
This image is of Toxoplasma myocarditis, showing encysted bradyzoites of Toxoplasma gondi
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