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Prototheca wickerhamii (Achloric Algae)

• Specimen: Wound

• Magnification: x1000

• Structures:
• Round cells
• Resemble yeast
• Budding not clearly seen

• Tip:
• Patient immune status might help

• Clue:
• Suspect intracellular bodies

 

 
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