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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
* Often in yeast form in tissue 2-5 micrometres.<ref name=Ref_WMSP103>{{Ref WMSP|103}}</ref> | * Often in yeast form - in tissue, spherical, 2-5 micrometres.<ref name=Ref_WMSP103>{{Ref WMSP|103}}</ref> | ||
* Intracellular<ref name=pmid19547878>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gorocica | first1 = P. | last2 = Taylor | first2 = ML. | last3 = Alvarado-Vásquez | first3 = N. | last4 = Pérez-Torres | first4 = A. | last5 = Lascurain | first5 = R. | last6 = Zenteno | first6 = E. | title = The interaction between Histoplasma capsulatum cell wall carbohydrates and host components: relevance in the immunomodulatory role of histoplasmosis. | journal = Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz | volume = 104 | issue = 3 | pages = 492-6 | month = May | year = 2009 | doi = | PMID = 19547878 }}</ref> - may be within macrophages that form a [[granuloma]]. | |||
** Nice bright red on PAS-D. | ** Nice bright red on PAS-D. | ||
*** Have a "central dot".<ref name=pathquiz_1>URL: [http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/A6I001-PQ01-M.htm http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/A6I001-PQ01-M.htm]. Accessed on: 19 October 2010</ref> | *** Have a "central dot".<ref name=pathquiz_1>URL: [http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/A6I001-PQ01-M.htm http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/A6I001-PQ01-M.htm]. Accessed on: 19 October 2010</ref> | ||