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*The gold standard for determining the microorganism is culture. | |||
*As anatomical pathologists are approximately 80% accurate (when measured against culture),<ref name=pmid19228642/> it is important to state something like ''correlation with culture is suggested''.<ref name=pmid19228642>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sangoi | first1 = AR. | last2 = Rogers | first2 = WM. | last3 = Longacre | first3 = TA. | last4 = Montoya | first4 = JG. | last5 = Baron | first5 = EJ. | last6 = Banaei | first6 = N. | title = Challenges and pitfalls of morphologic identification of fungal infections in histologic and cytologic specimens: a ten-year retrospective review at a single institution. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 131 | issue = 3 | pages = 364-75 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1309/AJCP99OOOZSNISCZ | PMID = 19228642 }}</ref> | |||
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