Scedosporium apiospermum infection of the lumbar vertebrae: A case report

Figure 2 Medical imaging, pathology and microbiology examination after surgery. A and B: X-ray image showing that the lumbar internal fixation device was in a good position; C-E: Three-dimensional computed tomography image showing sufficient bone grafting in the L3/L4 and L5/S1 intervertebral spaces; F: Pathological examination results showing a large number of inflammatory cells in the tissues examined, and the staining revealed PAS (+), and acid resistance (-); G: Lesion tissue culture day 7 (blood agar medium, 30 °C, 7 d) showed that colonies were cashmere-like and the back was gray-black; H: Under the microscope (lactic acid phenol cotton blue staining, × 400), most of the hyphae were irregularly branched, producing round or oval lateral and terminal conidia.