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What is and what is not black fungus and how to diagnose short
1. What is & what is Not
black fungus ?
Prof. Ashok Rattan,
MD, MAMS,
Common Wealth Fellow, INSA DFG Fellow, SEARO Temporary Advisor,
WHO Lab Director (CAREC/PAHO)
Advisor: Pathkind Labs Knowledge Forum, R & D and Quality
2. Black fungus
Melanized (Dematiaceous) fungi
• Dematiaceous fungi have high concentration of melanin and melanine
like pigments in their cell walls causing a dark pigment
• Produce dusky brown to brown pigment in hyphae or conidia cell walls
• Both rapidly and slow growing organisms seen
• Conidia vary in appearance from single to multi-celled
Melanized
Hyaline
13. When to seek help ?
If you have recovered from Covid 19 disease
and are now having
• 1. Nasal blockage
• 2. Blood tinged nasal discharge
• 3. Headache
• 4. One sided facial pain / swelling / numbness
• 5. Toothache, loosening of teeth, discomfort while chewing
• 6. Pain in the eye
• 7. Swelling of the eye
• 8. Double vision
16. Appropriate samples
• 1. Skin scraping from cutaneous lesions
• 2. Nasal discharge
• 3. Scraping & aspirate from sinuses
• 4. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
• 5. Needle biopsy from pulmonary lesion
• 6. Biopsy of involved tissue
• 7. Blood culture is not helpful
• 8. CSF may be useful
17. Initial examination by microscopy
10 – 20 % KOH
• Work inside a class 2 biosafety hood
• On a clean glass slide place two drops of 20% KoH
• With help of sterile needle, transfer clinical material onto it
• Spread the material gently with needle
• Cover with cover slipe
• Heat gently on the underside of the glass slide (optional)
• Leave in a moist chamber for 10 to 15 minutes
• Examine under low power & then high power
21. Culture
• Dermatophytes grow best between 25 and 30 C
• Opportunistic fungi grow best at 30 C
• Invasive fungal infection dimorphic fungi grow at 37 C
• Use a combination of media
• Sabouraud dextrose agar with antibiotics
• Brain Heart Infusion Agar
• Best in slopes rather than petri dish (to avoid contaminating the lab)
• Candida will grow within 48 hours, most by 3 to 4 weeks