Microhub Microbiology lab -Dr.Jay Parikh

Egg of schistosoma hematobium… patient is a child with having visible hematuria with no signs of stones and pus cells, on history significant findings found which correlate with the exposure…..

Pneumocystis carini in GMS stain… patient is recently diagnosed sero positive with ground glass opacity pneumonia…. Classic presentation in stain also

Fonsecaea pedrosoi causing chromoblastomycosis

Fully de repressed AmpC pattern, cefoxitine gone totally with decrease zone of cefotaxime clavulanic acid in comparison to ceforaxime, suicidal inducer clavulanic acid, carbapenems still spared so no hyper production started.

Microsporia on modified ZN stain suggestive of Microsporidial keratitis….

Non healing wounds after post op surgery, multiple dressings and debridement, non conclusive culture reports with multiple organisms reporting,patient directly sent to microhub, on sample collection acinetobacter grew, now understood why empirical therapy didn’t work…

Some beautiful pictures of macroscopic appearance of fusarium and schizophyllum isolated today

Corneal scrapping of a young male patient, history of traumatic injury while swimming in lake, gram stain Acanthamoeba observed with its unicellular structure

Immunocompromised host, multiple ground glass opacities, BAL was done….GMS stain shows The cyst wall is stained, and the organisms appear as crushed ping-pong balls, or crescent shapes, or folded spheres, or flattened beach balls, or deflated tennis balls.

One of the very rare fungus to diagnose, schizophylum commune. This fungus has typical role in causing allergic rhino sinusitis and nasal blockage sometimes. In pictures typical presentation of spicules are seen which is the diagnosis mark from the point of a clinical microbiologist 🧫🔬

Trichophyton mentagrophyte with macroconidia, microconidia and spiral hyphae…