Giant forms of blastomyces dermatitidis in the pulmonary lesions of blastomycosis : potential confusion with coccidioides immitis

Typical yeast-phase cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis have a characteristic appearance in tissue sections. Fungal morphologic variation occurs infrequently in the lesions of blastomycosis, yet it can complicate the differential diagnosis, particularly if fresh tissue is not available for microbiolog...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of clinical pathology 1990-04, Vol.93 (4), p.575-578
Hauptverfasser:	WATTS, J. C, CHANDLER, F. W, MIHALOV, M. L, KAMMEYER, P. L, ARMIN, A.-R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Blastomyces - cytology Blastomycosis - diagnosis Blastomycosis - microbiology Blastomycosis - pathology Coccidioides - cytology Coccidioidomycosis - microbiology Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Immunohistochemistry Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology Lung Diseases, Fungal - pathology Medical sciences Middle Aged Pneumology
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