Infect Chemother.  2016 Dec;48(4):342-343. 10.3947/ic.2016.48.4.342.

Budding Yeast Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear: Clue to Candidemia

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2The Catholic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. microkim@catholic.ac.kr
  • 4Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
  • 5Leukemia Research Institute, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

No abstract available.


MeSH Terms

Candidemia*
Saccharomycetales*

Figure

  • Figure 1 Budding yeast cells in peripheral blood Peripheral blood smear shows budding yeast cells (arrows) found both extracellularly and intracellularly (Wright stain ⨯1,000). The inset highlights a cluster of yeast cells phagocytosed by a monocyte.


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