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Candida albicans

• Specimen: Eye Fluid

• Magnification: x1000

Structures:
• Chain of cells, some round, other elongated
• Pinched off at ends
• Pseudohyphae?

Clue:
• Compare with true hyphae
• Observe constrictions at ends
• Oval elongated & centrally bulged

 

 
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