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Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Dispatch

Blastomyces gilchristii as Cause of Fatal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Daniel DalcinComments to Author , Aaron Rothstein, Joanna Spinato, Nicholas Escott, and Julianne V. Kus
Author affiliations: Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (D. Dalcin, A. Rothstein, N. Escott); Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (J. Spinato, J.V. Kus); Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay (N. Escott); University of Toronto, Toronto (J.V. Kus)

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Histologic manifestations of Blastomyces gilchristii infection in a 27-year-old woman, Ontario, Canada. A) Nonconsolidated lung. Thick hyaline membranes, characteristic of diffuse alveolar damage and acute respiratory distress syndrome, line the alveoli. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain, original magnification x400. B) Consolidated lung. Alveoli are completely filled with B. gilchristii yeast cells and neutrophils. B. gilchristii cells are pale bluish-gray with a distinct cell border. H&amp

Figure 2. Histologic manifestations of Blastomyces gilchristii infection in a 27-year-old woman, Ontario, Canada. A) Nonconsolidated lung. Thick hyaline membranes, characteristic of diffuse alveolar damage and acute respiratory distress syndrome, line the alveoli. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain, original magnification ×400. B) Consolidated lung. Alveoli are completely filled with B. gilchristii yeast cells and neutrophils. B. gilchristii cells are pale bluish-gray with a distinct cell border. H&E stain, original magnification ×100. C) Consolidated lung containing abundant B. gilchristii yeast cells with characteristic broad-based buds. Grocott methenamine silver stain, original magnification ×400.

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