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Case Reports
. 1985 Apr;23(2):137-40.
doi: 10.1080/00362178585380221.

Laboratory identification of Saksenaea vasiformis: a rare cause of zygomycosis in Australia

D H Ellis, G W Kaminski
Case Reports

Laboratory identification of Saksenaea vasiformis: a rare cause of zygomycosis in Australia

D H Ellis et al. Sabouraudia. 1985 Apr.

Abstract

Saksenaea vasiformis was identified as the causative agent in three cases of sub-cutaneous zygomycosis in Australia. The laboratory techniques for inducing clinical isolates of S. vasiformis to produce sporangia, necessary for the precise identification of the fungus, are described and compared.

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