Histoplasma capsulatum in Human Ocular Tissue
| Autor: | Elson L. Craig, Ted Suie |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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Adult
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Histoplasma Fungus Biology complex mixtures Histoplasma capsulatum Retina Ocular tissue fluids and secretions Bone Marrow medicine Humans Histoplasmosis Choroid bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification eye diseases Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Liver Cytoplasm Female sense organs Eye Infections Fungal Spleen |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Ophthalmology. 91:285-289 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9950 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archopht.1974.03900060295010 |
| Popis: | Histoplasma capsulatum cells were identified in the choroid of a patient who died with the disseminated form of the disease. The fungus was cultured from the retina and choroid and identified by light and electron microscopy within the cytoplasm of macrophages in the choroid. These were the only cells in which the fungus could be found. Histoplasma capsulatum cells were not seen histologically in the retina or other ocular tissues, and the positive cultures obtained from the retina in this case were thought to be due to contamination. The duration of the disease and the poor immunologic and hematologic state of the patient probably prevented the formation of choroidal granulomas. |
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