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*The gold standard for determining the microorganisms is culture. | |||
*As anatomical pathologists are approximately 80% accurate (when measured against culture), it is important to state something like ''correlation with culture is recommended''.<ref name=pmid19228642>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sangoi | first1 = AR. | last2 = Rogers | first2 = WM. | last3 = Longacre | first3 = TA. | last4 = Montoya | first4 = JG. | last5 = Baron | first5 = EJ. | last6 = Banaei | first6 = N. | title = Challenges and pitfalls of morphologic identification of fungal infections in histologic and cytologic specimens: a ten-year retrospective review at a single institution. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 131 | issue = 3 | pages = 364-75 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1309/AJCP99OOOZSNISCZ | PMID = 19228642 }}</ref> | |||
==Summary table== | ==Summary table== | ||
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*"Dented ping-pong ball" appearance.<ref name=Ref_WMSP103>{{Ref WMSP|103}}</ref> **Remember '''P'''C'''P''' = '''p'''ing-'''p'''ong. | *"Dented ping-pong ball" appearance.<ref name=Ref_WMSP103>{{Ref WMSP|103}}</ref> **Remember '''P'''C'''P''' = '''p'''ing-'''p'''ong. | ||
**Approximately 7-8 μm in size. | **Approximately 7-8 μm in size. | ||
DDx: | |||
*[[Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis]]. | |||
====Images==== | ====Images==== | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Pneumocystis+carinii&go=Go Several images of PCP (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Pneumocystis+carinii&go=Go Several images of PCP (WC)]. | ||
===Stains=== | ===Stains=== | ||
*[[GMS stain]] +ve. | *[[GMS stain]] +ve. | ||
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*Yeast forms. | *Yeast forms. | ||
*Locations: oral cavity, vagina. | *Locations: oral cavity, vagina. | ||
===Gross=== | |||
Esophageal candidiasis: | |||
*"Sticky": do not wash-off from the mucosa with water irrigation.<ref>URL: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537268/]. Accessed on: 2022 June 22.</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||