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Candida albicans

• Specimen: Endo tracheal aspirate

• Magnification: x1000

Structures:
• Yeast with pseudohyphae
• Observe space as septation
• Septation is usually seen in mould
• Mould is ruled out due to budding
• Structures show constrictions at joining points

 

 
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