Infectious Disorders
Amebic meningoencephalitis
Aug. 20, 2024
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Non-septate, wide ribbon shape of mucormycotic hyphae (1)
The pictures illustrate the non-septate, wide ribbon shape of mucormycotic hyphae observed in a potassium hydroxide (KOH 20%) preparation under 400x magnification. The arrows mark the rectangular divisions of hyphae. (Source: Yang H, Wang C. Looks like Tuberculous Meningitis, But Not: A Case of Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis with Garcin Syndrome. Front Neurol 2016;7:181. Slightly cropped from original. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)