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Candida zeylanoides

• Corn Meal Agar Morphology x400

• Curved pseudohyphae

• Oval elongated blastospores in small clusters and short chains

• Feather-like appearance

Isolated from blood. Rarely causes fungemia, arthritis, skin and nail infection.

 

 

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