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| KOH wet-mount results/Direct microscopic examination | Number of fungal elements observed in direct KOH wet-mount. | Fungal colony morphological characteristics in SDA | LPCB identification |
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| Dark, branched septate fungal hyphae seen. | 6 | Olivaceous-brown to blackish-brown colonies suede-like to floccose turning later into powdery colony due to the production of abundant conidia.
Olivaceous-black pigments in the reverse side. | Cladosporium species |
| Hyaline, branched septate fungal hyphae seen. | 2 | Green, velvety, wrinkled colony.
Not any pigmentation observed in the reverse side. | Penicillium species |
| Hyaline, branched septate fungal hyphae with acute angle branching seen. | 2 | Granular, flat colonies with radial grooves, yellow at beginning later quickly becoming bright to dark yellow-green.
Lemon yellow pigment in reverse side | Aspergillus flavus |
| Hyaline, branched septate fungal hyphae with acute angle branching seen. | 2 | Pale, bright-colored, fast-growing colonies with a cottony aerial mycelium. No pigmentation was observed in reverse side. | Fusarium species |
| Brown branched septate fungal hyphae seen. | 1 | Woolly to velvety colony, suede like and olivaceous to black in obverse and reverse side. | Phialophora species |
| Dark brown pigmented, branched septate fungal hyphae seen. | 1 | Dark brown and velvety, loose cottony at the center with black pigmentation in reverse side. | Curvularia species |
| Dark, branched septate fungal hyphae seen with branched chains of large conidia. | 1 | Colonies appeared black to olivaceous-black or grayish and has suede-like to floccose appearance. | Alternaria species |
| Hyaline, branched aseptate fungal hyphae seen. | 1 | White to grayish brown, fast-growing colonies resembling salt and pepper appearance. | Mucor species |
| Plenty of budding yeast cells seen. (Arthroconidia was observed in LPCB mount and Gram staining prepared from culture) | 3 | Soft, smooth, mucoid, and orange pigmented colony in the obverse side. | Rhodotorula species |
| White, small, creamy, and pasty colony | Candida species |
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