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Case Report

Volume 7, Number 3, March 2015, pages 196-198

Coccidioidomycosis and Blastomycosis: Endemic Mycotic Co-Infections in the HIV Patient

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Lymph node showing extensive necrosis and numerous cysts containing numerous nuclei as well as the broad budding yeasts consistent with blastomyces.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Liver showing few granuloma with central necrosis (black arrows) containing a large number of double refractile wall yeasts with occasional broad base budding consistent with blastomyces. Occasional yeasts are also seen engulfed within the giant cells (blue arrows).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Thyroid gland granuloma containing numerous large yeasts with refractile wall and numerous nuclei (black arrows) and occasional broad base budding yeasts are identified consistent with blastomyces (blue arrows).