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Malassezia furfur - microscopic examination of the cellophane tape sampling

France, Pays Jean-François

As shown here, a transparent tape applied on a lesion of Tinea versicolor (malasseziosis) and examined under a microscope will show the presence of small refracting cylindric or ellipsoidal yeasts grouped in clusters sometimes associated to short hyphae.