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(a) Scalp wound appearance at the time first culture was obtained that grew Trichophyton. (b) Lactophenol cotton blue stain of the colony material showing hyphae and budding.
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There were fluctuance and profound tenderness to palpation along the incision site (Figure 1(a)), and a new thick purulent discharge was expressible from the wound. In total, six wound cultures of the expressed purulent material from the wound were performed over two weeks, and all grew colonies with branched hyphae morphologically consistent with Trichophyton (Figure 1(b)).