Disseminated Candidiasis in Peripheral Blood Smear

Peripheral blood smear in a child with disseminated candidiasis: phagocytosis of Candida cells by neutrophils, toxic granulation of the cytoplasm.

Nadezhda Petrenko 1 min March 11, 2025

Blood smear: neutrophil with phagocytosed Candida cells in the cytoplasm

Blood smear: vacuolization of neutrophils and phagocytosis of Candida pseudomycelium

Blood smear: free Candida yeast cells next to the leukocyte nucleus

🍄 Peripheral blood smear from a 1-year-old boy with confirmed disseminated candidiasis. Magnification x1000.

🙏 Photos kindly provided by clinical laboratory intern Nadezhda Petrenko, Blagoveshchensk.

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