Summary: Clinical Observation For Fusariosis
Clinical Observations Indicative for Fusariosis:Some clinical observations may give a first hint to Fusarium being the etiological agent causing an infection. Morphological characteristics of cultures, has long been used to identify fungal isolates,this is still the standard for identification Fusarium grow rapidly on Sabouraud dextrose agar at 25C and produce woolly to cottony, flat, spreading colonies, and may display a variety of colors from the surface (creamy, white, tan, salmon, cinnamon, yellow, red, violet, pink or purple) or the reverse (colorless, tan, red, dark purple or brown). Fusarium will grow on all fungal media not containing cyclohexamide. The diagnosis of Fusarium is based on macroscopic and microscopic features including