Autochthonous Blastomyces dermatitidis, India
Anuradha Chowdhary, Gaston I. Jofre, Ashutosh Singh, Andrius J. Dagilis, Victoria E. Sepúlveda, Allison T McClure, and Daniel R. Matute
Author affiliation: University of Delhi, New Delhi, India (A. Chowdhary, A. Singh); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (G.I. Jofre, V.E. Sepúlveda, A.T. McClure, D.R. Matute); Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA (G.I. Jofre); University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA (A.J. Dagilis)
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Figure 1. Autochthonous Blastomyces dermatitidis biopsy and culture findings from a patient in India. Microscopic characteristics are consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis. A) Gomori’s methenamine silver–stained section of a subcutaneous nodule biopsy obtained from sternum region showing a large, thick-walled broad-based budding yeast cell (white arrows) typical of Blastomyces. B) Lactophenol cotton blue mount of the 6-day-old yeast form on pea seed agar at 37°C, showing numerous large thick-walled and broad-based budding yeast cells (white arrow). Original magnification is ×100.
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