TY - JOUR AU - Herdiman, Mochamad H. AU - Winata, Triswaty AU - Pramesti, Tediany AU - Alam, Imam G. PY - 2018/02/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Fungi Identification in Preservative Liquids of Cadaver at Anatomy Laboratory of Faculty of Medicine Maranatha Christian University Bandung JF - Journal of Medicine and Health JA - J. Med. Health VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.28932/jmh.v2i1.744 UR - https://journal.maranatha.edu/index.php/jmh/article/view/744 SP - AB - Cadaver is an important learning media for students of the Faculty of Medicine. Although<br />the cadaver has undergone a preservation process, sometimes the preservative liquids used only<br />protects the cadaver, and does not inhibit the fungal growth. Based on previous research, the<br />fungus found in cadaveric preparations are pathogenic. The objectives of this study were to<br />identify the growing fungus on the cadaver preservative liquid at the Anatomy Laboratory of the<br />Faculty of Medicine, Maranatha Christian University. This is a descriptive experimental study.<br />Samples were taken from three cadaver tubs. Subsequently, the sample was inoculated on<br />Sabouraud's Dextrose Agar and Chromagar medium in a petridish and incubated at room<br />temperature (25 ⁰ ) for seven days. After seven days, the morphology of the fungus was observed<br />macroscopically and microscopically. We found Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp.,<br />Epidermophyton sp., and Candida sp on the samples. The study was conducted in December<br />2017-January 2018 at the Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Maranatha Christian<br />University and Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University.<br />Keywords: fungi, cadaver, preservative liquid ER -