common fungal infection histology


  • most are azole treatment except for candida

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  • blastomycosis:

  • histoplasmosis: Small yeasts (2-4 μm in diameter) with narrow-based budding in clusters inside macrophages are the hallmarks of Histoplasma capsulatum infection

  • coccidioidomycosis: Large thick-walled spherules measuring 20 to 200 μm, with or without granular basophilic endospores, represent the microscopic features of Coccidioides immitis infection. \

  • cryptococcus

  • sporotrichosis:

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