Dermatophytye Tutorial - Case Study 1
Culture result on PYE after 6 days
A 35 year old female presented with thickened, yellow toenails.
The nails were scraped and submitted for fungal culture.

After 6 days incubation growth was observed. The colonial morphology of the isolated organism is displayed here.


Which test would you perform FIRST?
Which test(s) should be performed next?
Identify the organism

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