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Cytological clues to Alternaria alternata
Author(s) -
Sinha Pallavi,
Singh Meeta,
Sagar Tanu,
Jain Shyama,
Bains Lovenish
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.24702
Subject(s) - alternaria alternata , alternaria , medicine , cytology , dermatology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , botany
Alternaria alternata is dematiaceous fungi affecting mainly immunocompromised host. It generally causes cutaneous infection in humans, but can cause fatal disease. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has not been used widely for the diagnosis of dematiaceous fungi. Here, we present a case of Alternaria alternata in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed on cytology and culture.