Lab Med Online.  2021 Jan;11(1):60-63. 10.47429/lmo.2021.11.1.60.

Molecular Identification of Coccidioides posadasii in Synovial Fluid in Korea

• Kim B
• Kim N
• Hwang YY
• Kang HR
• Shin S

• KMID: 2525782
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.47429/lmo.2021.11.1.60

Abstract

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  Fig. 1 Microbiological findings in culture of synovial fluid: (A) Colony of white cottony mold on Sabouraud dextrose agar after 3 weeks at 30°C, (B) Arthroconidia of Coccidioides posadasii (lactophenol cotton blue stain, 1,000× magnification).

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