When a body fluid (such as fluid from the joints, abdomen, or lungs) is suspected of being infected by fungi, a portion of that fluid is mixed with Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) on a microscope slide. The KOH acts as a “clearing agent”—it dissolves protein, cells, and debris that might clutter the view, but leaves the tough, chitin-based walls of fungi intact.
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