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**Stain with Giemsa or Wright and examine under oil immersion lens
**Stain with Giemsa or Wright and examine under oil immersion lens
*Present intracellularly in [[Macrophages - WikiBlood|macrophages]] as oval yeast cells with few buds
*Present intracellularly in [[Macrophages|macrophages]] as oval yeast cells with few buds
**Clear halo is seen around the darker staining central material
**Clear halo is seen around the darker staining central material
Image:Histoplasmosis tuberculate chlamydospores.jpg|<center><p>'''Histoplasmosis tuberculate chlamydospores'''</p><sup>Copyright Professor Andrew N. Rycroft, BSc, PHD, C. Biol.F.I.Biol., FRCPath</sup></center></gallery>
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*Caused by [[Yeast-like fungi|''Histoplasma capsulatum'']]
*Gross lesions in lungs:
**Firm encapsulated granulomas ([[Granulomatous Pneumonia|granulomatous pneumonia]])
*Microscopic lesions:
**Macrophages with inracytoplasmic yeasts
*Also in other tissues
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