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Candida albicans

• Specimen: Abscess

• Magnification: x1000

Structures:
• Unstained oval cells in chains some branching filaments
• This is yeast with pseudohyphae
• Structures appear Gram negative
• Colloidal material disallowing entry of the staining reagent to the target site

 

 
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