Medium power view (GMS) of kidney invaded by Aspergillus. The walls of the hyphae stain black. There are plentiful fungal hyphae within two glomeuli and there is also fungal invasion of adjacent cortical interstitial tissue.
A four day A. fumigatus culture on malt extract agar (above). Light microscopy pictures are taken at 1000x mag., stained with lacto-phenol cotton blue (right).
A four day A. fumigatus culture on malt extract agar (above). Light microscopy pictures are taken at 1000x mag., stained with lacto-phenol cotton blue (right).
A four day A. fumigatus culture on malt extract agar (above). Light microscopy pictures are taken at 1000x mag., stained with lacto-phenol cotton blue (right).