Fine needle aspiration diagnosis of Penicillium marneffei infection
Ma, K.F.; Tsui, M.S.; Tsang, D.N.
Acta Cytologica 35(5): 557-559
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5547 PMID: 1927199 Document Number: 370921
A disseminated infection with Penicillium marneffei, a rare human pathogen that may infect both healthy and immunocompromized patients, was diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. The presence of yeast-form organisms with an eccentric or central dot and occasional septate and elongated forms highly suggested the diagnosis, which was confirmed on culture. Establishment of the diagnosis is important because this infection is potentially curable.