Mould Identification: A Virtual Self Assessment
Excellent you have really done well.
Please find additional information below
Unknown 32 = Onychocola canadensis
| Case History | |
|---|---|
| A 34-year-old Austrian male ski instructor presented with suspected distal subungual onychomycosis on the big toe nail. Nail scrapings showed the presence of fungal hyphae and the culture grew the fungus shown below. | |
| Culture | |
Colonies of O. canadensis are grow slowly and are velvety to lanose, white to yellowish, with a brownish reverse.
|
|
| Microscopy | |
Arthroconidia are cylindrical to broadly ellipsoidal, one- or two-celled, hyaline to subhyaline, 4-16 x 2-5 µm in size, forming long chains. Older cultures may show broad, brown, rough-walled hyphae.
|
|
Key Features: slow growing, white, arthroconidial mould isolated from nails.
Comment: Onychocola canadensis is an uncommon cause of distal and lateral subungual or white superficial onychomycosis. However, it may sometimes be present in an abnormal-appearing nail as an insignificant finding, not acting as a pathogen.
What is your identification?
Scytalidium hyalinum
Onychocola canadensis
Chrysosporium tropicum
Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please try again.