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Case Reports
. 2008 Feb;14(2):342-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1402.071079.

Saksenaea vasiformis infection, French Guiana

Denis Blanchet, Eric Dannaoui, Angela Fior, Florence Huber, Pierre Couppié, Nour Salhab, Damien Hoinard, Christine Aznar
Case Reports

Saksenaea vasiformis infection, French Guiana

Denis Blanchet et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Feb.
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Figure
Microscopic characteristics of the isolate of Saksenaea vasiformis cultured on Czapek agar. A) Typical flask-shaped sporangia (scale bar = 25 μm) containing B) smooth-walled, rectangular sporangiospores (scale bar = 10 μm).
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