Blood Res.  2015 Sep;50(3):183-184. 10.5045/br.2015.50.3.183.

Disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed on bone marrow aspiration in an immunocompetent patient

• Sharma S
• Sehgal S

• KMID: 2172764
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.3.183

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Bone Marrow*
Histoplasmosis*
Humans

Figure

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  Fig. 1 A Wright stained-smear showing numerous extracellular and intracellular yeast forms of Histoplasma capsulatum (×1,000), which were PAS positive (inset on the lower left) and gave a positive Prussian blue reaction (inset on the lower right).

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