Histopathological techniques for the diagnosis of combat-related invasive fungal wound infections

BMC Clinical Pathology

Table 3 Comparison of results with permanent sections and fungal culture for the identification of fungal morphology

Morphology with permanent sections	Morphology with cultures
Morphology with permanent sections	Non-Mucorales and septate fungi	Mucorales	Mixed (both septate and aseptate)	Total
Septate assumed non-Mucorales	9	1	0	10
Aseptate assumed Mucorales	3	5	3^a	11
Mixed (both septate and aseptate)	3^a	3^a	0	6
Total	15	9	3	27

^a ‘Mixed’ findings were counted as concordant with the ‘septate/asepate only’ results because at least one of the organisms observed in the specimens designated as mixed was identified in the corresponding histopathology specimens/cultures

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