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Blood Res 2015; 50(3):

Published online September 22, 2015

https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.3.183

© The Korean Society of Hematology

Disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed on bone marrow aspiration in an immunocompetent patient

Sunita Sharma, and Shivali Sehgal*

Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.

Correspondence to : Shivali Sehgal. Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, C-604, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Diz Area, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001, India. shivalisehgal@gmail.com

Received: January 6, 2015; Revised: January 30, 2015; Accepted: July 27, 2015

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Fig. 1.

A Wright stained-smear showing numerous extracellular and intracellular yeast forms of Histoplasma capsulatum (×1,000), which were PAS positive (inset on the lower left) and gave a positive Prussian blue reaction (inset on the lower right).


  1. Kauffman, CA. Histoplasmosis: a clinical and laboratory update. Clin Microbiol Rev, 2007;20;115-132.
    Pubmed
  2. Pamnani, R, Rajab, JA, Githang'a, J, Kasmani, R. Disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed on bone marrow aspirate cytology: report of four cases. East Afr Med J, 2009;86;S102-S105.
    Pubmed
  3. Caldwell, CW, Taylor, H. Visualization of histoplasma capsulatum in bone marrow with Prussian blue iron stain. J Clin Microbiol, 1982;15;156-158.
    Pubmed

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Letter to the Editor

Blood Res 2015; 50(3): 183-184

Published online September 22, 2015 https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.3.183

Copyright © The Korean Society of Hematology.

Disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed on bone marrow aspiration in an immunocompetent patient

Sunita Sharma, and Shivali Sehgal*

Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.

Correspondence to: Shivali Sehgal. Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, C-604, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Diz Area, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001, India. shivalisehgal@gmail.com

Received: January 6, 2015; Revised: January 30, 2015; Accepted: July 27, 2015

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

    Fig 1.

    Figure 1.

    A Wright stained-smear showing numerous extracellular and intracellular yeast forms of Histoplasma capsulatum (×1,000), which were PAS positive (inset on the lower left) and gave a positive Prussian blue reaction (inset on the lower right).

    Blood Research 2015; 50: 183-184https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.3.183

    References

    1. Kauffman, CA. Histoplasmosis: a clinical and laboratory update. Clin Microbiol Rev, 2007;20;115-132.
      Pubmed
    2. Pamnani, R, Rajab, JA, Githang'a, J, Kasmani, R. Disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed on bone marrow aspirate cytology: report of four cases. East Afr Med J, 2009;86;S102-S105.
      Pubmed
    3. Caldwell, CW, Taylor, H. Visualization of histoplasma capsulatum in bone marrow with Prussian blue iron stain. J Clin Microbiol, 1982;15;156-158.
      Pubmed
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