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Acremonium like structure

• Stain: LPAB x400
• Magnification: x400

• Fascicles observed

• Solitary phialides producing conidia

• Structures seen are consistent with Acremonium species but were not reported out

What made us to wait for longer? Direct smear stained with Fontana Masson is positive for pigment i.e. wait for culture to turn dark

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