Histoplasma capsulatum in peripheral blood smear

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Histoplasma capsulatum in peripheral blood smear

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Author: Luiz Arthur Calheiros Leite, PhD
Category: Laboratory Hematology
Published Date: 08/07/2023

Peripheral blood smear showing a neutrophil filled with multiple yeast forms of Histoplasma capsulatum in a patient with HIV. In fulminant disseminated histoplasmosis, the yeast can be recognized as intracellular with basophilic cytoplasm retracted from the poorly stained, capsule-like cell wall (×1000, May Grunwald-Giemsa stain).

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