Disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed in a peripheral blood smear
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Disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed in a peripheral blood smear.
FIGURE 1 Peripheral blood smear multiple yeasts in neutrophil (arrow). 1,000x magnification – Giemsa staining). A 40-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, diagnosed in 2008, and irregular use of antiretroviral therapy, was admitted to the emergency room with diarrhea, asthenia, fever, and weight loss of 4kg in the previous 10 days. His evacuations were watery, with no ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1678-9849,0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0189-2016