Diagnosis of Systemic Candidiasis in Smears of Venous Blood Stained with Wright’s Stain

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1 October 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Vol. 60 (4) , 473-475
https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/60.4.473

Abstract

A 63-year-old man with systemic candidiasis following multiple recent surgical procedures for correction of intestinal obstruction and an indwelling central venous pressure (CVP) catheter was first found to have Candida albicans by examination of a smear of venous blood stained with Wright’s stain. Descriptions of the organism and suggestions for the identification of similar cases are presented. This case report emphasizes that systemic candidiasis may first be detected by examination of a blood smear.

Keywords

DISSEMINATED CANDIDIASIS
DIAGNOSIS
WRIGHT STAIN
BLOOD SMEAR
CATHETERS
CANDIDA ALBICANS
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
SURGICAL PROCEDURES
OPERATIVE
CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE
MEASUREMENT OF
CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE-BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION

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