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

BMC Clinical Pathology

Table 4 Comparison of results with frozen and permanent sections for the identification of fungal elements^a

Results with frozen sections	Results with permanent sections
Results with frozen sections	Positive for fungal elements	Negative for fungal elements	Total
Positive for fungal elements	24	2	26
Negative for fungal elements	16	105	121
Total	40	107	147

^a The specimens are collected from 48 patients, of which 31 were diagnosed with IFIs and 17 were non-IFI patients

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