Blastomyces dermatitidis appears in tissue as a broad-based budding yeast with a thick, double-contoured cell wall (not a capsule). Learn its morphology, dimorphism, pathogenesis,...
Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus identified by its tuberculate macroconidia and by small intracellular yeast in macrophages. Learn its morphology, why the name is a mis...
Sporothrix schenckii causes sporotrichosis (rose gardener's disease), appearing as cigar-shaped yeast in tissue and rosette conidia in the mold form. Learn its morphology, lymphocu...
Dimorphic fungi: Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides, Paracoccidioides, Sporothrix, Talaromyces. Mold-to-yeast conversion, mnemonics, geographic distribution, and clinical findi...
