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PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 16   Fungal Infections

199 Histoplasmosis
Chadi A. Hage / L. Joseph Wheat

Figure 199-1  Spiked spherical conidia of H. capsulatum (lacto-phenol cotton blue stain).
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Figure 199-2  Small (2-5 μm) narrow budding yeasts of H. capsulatum from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (Grocott's methenamine silver stain).
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Figure 199-3  Intracellular yeasts (arrows) of H. capsulatum in a liver biopsy specimen (hematoxylin and eosin stain).
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