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Trichosporon beigelii

• Corn Meal Agar Morphology x400

• True hyphae

• Pseudohyphae

• Blastospores borne singly or in short chains

• Arthroconidia formed in old cultures
Isolated from PD fluid. Involved in invasive localized and disseminated infection that may be superficial, subcutaneous or systemic. Neutropenic patients are especially susceptible.

 

 

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