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Case Reports
. 2024 Aug 14;62(8):e0171023.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.01710-23. Epub 2024 Aug 14.

Photo Quiz: Subungual organism in a renal transplant patient

Lucy C Crawford  1 , Sarah E Kidd  1
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Photo Quiz: Subungual organism in a renal transplant patient

Lucy C Crawford et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
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Fig 1
Organism viewed by ultraviolet microscopy (365 nm) following staining of the nail scraping with potassium hydroxide-blankophor. Structures ranged in size from 0.1 mm to 0.45 mm in length.
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