Contamination of smears with “sergentella spiroides”
(1970) In Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2(3). p.223-224- Abstract
“Sergentella spiroides” is a filamentous fungal spore which can incidentally contaminate smears. In Romanowsky stainings the spores are confusingly like microfilariae and it is important to recognize the phenomenon to avoid diagnostic mistakes.
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- author
- Hellsten, Hans ; Linell, Folke and Rausing, Alf
- publishing date
- 1970
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- smears, sergentella spiroides
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- volume
- 2
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 2 pages
- publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:84961422721
- pmid:25607583
- ISSN
- 0036-5548
- DOI
- 10.3109/inf.1970.2.issue-3.12
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- c44e36c6-3f19-4b6c-bc13-a026d474786d
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- 2016-05-19 10:27:54
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title = {{Contamination of smears with “sergentella spiroides”}},
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