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Malassezia furfur

• Specimen: Blood

• Magnification: x1000

• Structures:
• Small oval budding yeast

• Clue:
• Structures appear intracellular
• Unipolar buds are consistent
• Suspect Malassezia, T. glabrata, Histoplasma or other yeast?
• See also previous slide

 

 
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