The Role of Gram Stain in Differentiating Superficial Cutaneous Fungal Organisms

Affiliations

¹ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center, Lanham, Maryland, USA.
⁴ The Joint Pathology Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

Taylor M Nolff et al. J Cutan Pathol. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 4.

doi: 10.1111/cup.14827. Online ahead of print.

¹ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center, Lanham, Maryland, USA.
⁴ The Joint Pathology Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Candida; Malassezia; cutaneous; dermatophytes; fungi; gram's stain; histology; infection; mycoses.

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