Laboratory identification of Saksenaea vasiformis: a rare cause of zygomycosis in Australia.
Saksenaea vasiformis was identified as the causative agent in three cases of sub-cutaneous zygomycosis in Australia. The laboratory techniques for inducing clinical isolates of S. vasiformis to produce sporangia, necessary for the precise identification of the fungus, are described and compared.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000362:Agar; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009090:Mucorales / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013172:Spores, Fungal
D000362:Agar