1. Zygomycosis: conventional laboratory diagnosis
C. Lass-Flörl 
Clinical Microbiology and Infection 
Volume 15, Pages (January 2009)
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2. FIG. 1
Zygomycosis: diagnostic approach using microscopic and culture techniques. BAL, Broncho-alveolar lavage; TS, Tracheal secretions.
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3. FIG. 2
Direct microscopic examination. Computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung biopsy stained with Fungi-Fluor shows typically distorted, non-septate and broad hyphae.
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4. FIG. 3
Periodic acid-Schiff staining of computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung biopsy shows broad-based, ribbon-like, non-septate hyphae with right-angle branching and swollen cells.
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5. FIG. 4
Microscopic feature of Mucor sp. in culture. Lactophenol cotton blue staining shows a globose intact sporangium with sporangiospores and branched sporangiophores. Stolons and rhizoids are absent.
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