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ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS OF FUNGAL ELEMENTS IN A TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM INFECTION OF THE SKIN
Author(s) -
Otsuka Fujio,
Seki Yoshihito,
Takizawa Kiyohiro,
Kukita Atsushi
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1982.tb02596.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , organelle , microbiology and biotechnology , trichosporon , biology , intracellular , electron microscope , cell wall , yeast , biochemistry , anatomy , physics , optics
Using electron microscopic methods, we observed the fine structure of fungal elements occurring in a facial granulomatous infection caused by Trichosporon cutaneum . Two types of fungal elements were recognized: (1) fungal elements attached to phagocytes or just ingested into phagocytes and (2) fungal elements located within the phagocytes in the process of being digested. All the fungal elements observed had been denatured to varying degrees. In these denatured fungal elements, the intracellular organelles had disappeared. Fibrillar structures derived from the cell wall were recognized.