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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Fungus | Coccidioides | 2A1 Coccidioides (Case 2) H&E 5
2A1-3 The patient was a 20 year old female with T2-L1 osteomyelitis of the spine with no history of immunosuppression. ---- Low magnification image of coccidioidomycosis in which organisms are admixed with an inflammatory infiltrate made up of multinucleated giant cells, fibroblasts, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and epithelioid histiocytes, often forming granuloma. (H&E)