Detection of Tropical Fungi in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue: Still an Indication for Microscopy in Times of Sequence-Based Diagnosis?

Table 1

Histological diagnosis, material, and age of the 17 analyzed samples from patients with invasive mycosis.

Sample I.D.	Histological diagnosis	Sample material	Sample age (years)
Case  1	Chromoblastomycosis	Skin biopsy	30
Case  2	Mucormycosis	Material from the ethmoid	17
Case  3	Histoplasmosis	Lymph node biopsy	15
Case  4	Mucormycosis	Skin biopsy	14
Case  5	Histoplasmosis or cryptococcosis	Lymph node biopsy	13
Case  6	Chromoblastomycosis	Skin biopsy	12
Case  7	Rhinosporidiosis	Biopsy of a nasal polyp	12
Case  8	Mycetoma/maduromycosis	Vulva exudate	11
Case  9	Rhinosporidiosis	Skin biopsy	11
Case  10	Mycetoma/maduromycosis	Lung tissue	11
Case  11	Histoplasmosis	Bone, muscular tissue, and connective tissue from the spine extension of third thoracic vertebra	11
Case  12	Histoplasmosis	Tissue from the tricuspid valve	11
Case  13	Chromoblastomycosis	Skin biopsy	8
Case  14	Histoplasmosis	Material from the bottom lip	8
Case  15	Coccidioidomycosis	Lung tissue	6
Case  16	Coccidioidomycosis	Lung tissue	5
Case  17	Mycetoma/maduromycosis	Biopsy from a wound of the foot	1