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Answer to July 2019 Photo Quiz.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2019)
  • Daniel A. Ortiz, University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Ping Ren, University of Texas Medical Branch
Abstract
The fungal culture grew a dermatophyte after 14 days of incubation at 30°C on inhibitory mold agar (IMA). The low growth rate and microscopic morphology of antler-like hyphal branching and chlamydospores in chains were consistent with Trichophyton verrucosum. The isolate was also subcultured onto Sabouraud’s agar and grew equally well at 30°C and 37°C. Sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions definitively identified the isolate as T. verrucosum (GenBank accession no. MH230001).
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Publication Date
July 1, 2019
DOI
10.1128/JCM.00801-18
Citation Information
Ortiz DA, Ren P. Answer to July 2019 Photo Quiz. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jun 25;57(7):e00801-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00801-18. PMID: 31239403; PMCID: PMC6595452.