Zygomycosis and the Joplin Tornado
Unstained Hyphal Fragment On GMS-Stained Tissue
July 2011
This is Gomori methanamine silver stain which we use for staining fungi. It does not stain the zygomycetes very often and the stainings preparation we use here at Mayo Clinic. And we have used that for years as a means to be able to sort out the zygomycetes from other fungi.
Unstained Hyphal Fragment On GMS-Stained Tissue |
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- Introduction
- Tragedy in Joplin
- Unsuspected Fungal Infection Infects Some Joplin Residents
- Zygomycosis
- The Zygomycetes
- The Zygomycetes
- Pauciseptate Hyphae
- Zygomycetes: Basic Structures
- Basic Structures
- Rhizopus Species
- Lichtheimia (Absidia) Species
- Lichtheimia Species
- Mucor Species
- Cunninghamella Species
- Apophysomyces elegans
- Apophysomyces elegans
- Apophysomyces elegans
- Apophysomyces elegans
- Apophysomyces elegans
- Diagnosis of Zygomycosis
- Large Pauciseptate Hyphae—H&E Stain
- Unstained Hyphal Fragment On GMS-Stained Tissue
- Vascular Invasion By Hyphae
- Large Pauciseptate Hyphae—Calcofluor White
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