African Histoplasmosis in HIV-Negative Patients, Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nestor Pakasa, Asaf Biber
, Samuel Nsiangana, Désiré Imposo, Ernest Sumaili, Hypolite Muhindo, Maria J. Buitrago, Iris Barshack, and Eli Schwartz
Author affiliations: University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (N. Pakasa, E. Sumaili, H. Muhindo); Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel (A. Biber, I. Barshack, E. Schwartz); Institut Médical Evangélique, Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo (S. Nsiangana, D. Imposo); University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (H. Muhindo); Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (M.J. Buitrago)
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Figure. Pathologic findings from patients infected with African histoplasmosis, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 2011–January 2014. A) Yeast explosive budding (arrow) (hematoxylin and eosin [HE] staining; original magnification ×160); B) asteroid bodies (arrow) (HE staining; original magnification ×160); C) yeasts in Langhans cells (periodic acid Schiff staining; original magnification ×160); D) lemon-shaped appearance (Grocott methenamine-silver staining; original magnification ×80).
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