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Cerebral Mycosis

• Stain: GMS & Fontana Masson

• Magnification: x1000

• GMS stains all fungi as dark
Fontana Masson showing brownish hyphae

• Observe septation areas that are more brownish than the rest of the fragment indicating the presence of melanin pigment

 
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